Teaching English as a Second Language International TEFL Academy review (https://www.internationalteflacademy.com/) submitted by Paula.

Teaching English as a Second Language.

When I was looking to take a TEFL/TESL certification course, I had in the forefront of my mind that I wanted to take a course that included a teaching practice component.

I researched the web for weeks until I eventually narrowed my search down to The International TEFL Academy (ITA) and TEFL Online Pro. The combined course offered through The International TEFL Academy was almost $1,000 more expensive and I naively thought that because the course price was so much more expensive, I would be receiving so much more out of the course and its related services.

So, I went for the ITA TEFL 200-hour course with twenty hours of teaching practice- divided into 180 hours of online study and twenty hours of teaching practice.

The 180 hours of online tuition were good. I’m not really sure how they calculate there being 180 hours covered because I completed this section of the course way sooner than that.

The ITA TEFL website offers in-class teaching practice locations around the globe. Prague was my first choice as I’d read so many positive reviews online about their partner there in the city: The Language House. And I was given a clear impression when I enrolled in the ITA TEFL course that I could choose to take the teaching practice segment in Prague if I so wished to.

At the last minute, they cancelled my accommodation and course in Prague. No real explanation except to refer to their T+C. In the end, as it turned out, I taught my twenty classes to online-based students. I still got something out of the experience, but I felt deceived by the whole process.

Therefore, according to my calculations, I paid approx. $1,300 (including the certification fee) to take the exact same course that teflonlinepro.com offers for just $549. I checked and the certification awarded by these two schools is identical.

If I could roll back time, I should have just enrolled in the TEFL Online Pro 140-hour Hybrid course instead. I also read that they offer better student and graduate support.

So while I was generally happy with my ITA TEFL experience, I can’t say I would recommend it at the current price they are offering it. It’s overpriced and just not worth taking when there are better, more affordable TEFL TESL program options offering the same or similar courses and services.

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ITA Online TEFL Review.

ITA Online TEFL Review International TEFL Academy review, submitted by Jeff.

Excellent course and has very good general support. ITA also offers you the opportunity of taking your teaching practice course segment as a kind of placement abroad. I’m considering maybe taking mine in Prague, Czech Republic. Although the school which they partner with there (The Language House Prague) seems to be run by someone named Chris who I’ve seen making many derogatory comments online about Online TEFL courses in general. I guess these must have been written before they teamed up with ITA. ITA also has partners in other countries too, so it really provides you with a wide amount of choices.

Be warned though that this course isn’t for slouchers. It is INTENSE and they really make you work for your certificate. Courses begin at the start of each month and each course is assigned a course teacher, there to act as a kind of personal tutor.

Which would you rather study? An easy course that doesn’t really teach you anything? Or an intense course that fully trains you up for life as a teacher of English? I’d choose the latter.

My only concern was the course price, which is much higher than similar programs out there.

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International TEFL Academy review, submitted by CP.

If you are a sucker for glossy websites with very little real substance then this is the perfect tefl and tesol certification course for you.

It’s true that the International TEFL Academy covers all of the basics. You will get to familiarize yourself with grammar and teaching techniques, but it is far from being the 170-hour course they advertise it to be and costs a lot more than other similar courses offered by their competitors. Also, it isn’t the most academic of courses… my intelligence felt a bit insulted by the simplicity of some written tasks.

Once I signed up and paid, the communication began to drip until by the time I was ready to start receiving help with finding work it was almost impossible to get hold of anyone at all… they seem to have a lot of staff dedicated to maintaining their marketing machine and encouraging people to sign up for their courses, but very few to focus on their paying customers.

I got a teaching job… no thanks to ITA. It isn’t the best-paying job around because I had absolutely no help and limited knowledge about wages, hours, and language schools before moving to Italy. I also wasn’t aware of the 90-day Schengen visa rule.

International TEFL Academy’s online tefl and tesol course isn’t a complete waste of time. You will receive a certificate at the end of the course and schools will accept it. But it seems schools will accept any old tefl certificate so there really is no need to pay so much money for a subpar program. And make sure to have access to international job guidance. You WILL need it!

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