150-Hour Master Course Learn TEFL review, submitted by Jacqui.

I was teaching English online for a couple of years with my Learn TEFL 150 Hour Master Course Tefl/Tesol certificate and all was going well. The course itself was a bit too heavy on text reading, but I got through it and earned my certificate with a high grade. Learn TEFL even showed me places on the web where I could begin my online job search, which was really beneficial in getting me started. On a side note, I can recommend Palfish as a good company to teach for. They always paid me on time and for some reason, the students I got through them were more conscientious than my other students at other schools I taught for. So, for a few years, I was happy with the choice that I made to take the Tefl/Tesol with Learn TEFL.

Last year, though, I decided I’d had enough of teaching English online. You can call it burnout. Staring at a screen for too long and the long-term energy required to keep students motivated whilst being thousands of miles away contributed. Don’t get me wrong. I loved teaching online. But I think it’s only a viable option for one or two years and then the natural motivation leads you to want to explore new pastures. I had heard about the possibility of teaching English in China and applied for a bunch of positions on the East coast. Before I continue, a bit of background about myself. I have a college degree in Education, two year’s online teaching experience, plus, of course, the Learn TEFL certificate. But my applications were denied because my Learn TEFL certificate didn’t have a certificate number-making it was invalid for the employment process. When I contacted Learn TEFL, they offered to reissue my certificate, with a certification number, for $75. A reprint of a certificate I earned already for $75! In my mind this is extortion. What could I do? I had to bite the bullet and pay. The Learn TEFL 150-Hour Master Course might seem a good deal at first, but when you calculate all the extra costs it just isn’t worth it. When choosing a company to take your Online Tefl/Tesol course with, ask about whether they apply extra (hidden) costs. It will save you a headache later.

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CIEE TEFL review, submitted by Christian.

I found the CIEE 150-Hour TEFL course (online) to be good value for money and instrumental in enabling me to teach English to online learners. Communication with the school has been very good; both during the course and since completing it and earning my TEFL certificate. CIEE run an internal messaging board, where you can chat with their other teachers, and this has been so helpful when seeking up-to-date information on which countries have been opening their borders to foreign teachers. For the time being though I’m pretty content teaching online. I’ve been working for Palfish for a while now. They pay a fairly decent hourly rate, and I’ve had my pay bumped up twice now as they get to see that I’m a dependable teacher to have on their books. What’s really the benefit of teaching online though is the complete flexibility that comes with this line of work; no travel time and I’m now able to (by mutual agreement) move my students around so I don’t have gaping time slots between classes. Teaching through a computer does take a bit of getting used to, but after a week or so I settled into it and began realizing what does and what doesn’t work. I think I’ve been lucky because (so far) I haven’t experienced any of the classroom management issues which I’ve seen some other teachers sometimes experience teaching distance learning (young) students. After this, I’ll probably head over the ocean to teach somewhere in S E Asia. If the world ever gets back to pre-Covid normality again that is. But for the time being, I’m very content with the current arrangement.

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