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And I just can&#8217;t fathom why this company has so many excellent reviews on other TEFL review websites. I have also experienced issues using the Level 5 TEFL certificate issued by this company because the organizations they claim accredit them &#8211; QUALIFI, Ofqual, AQC, TQUK, and the DEAC &#8211; are only regulatory boards and are not accreditation bodies. If I wanted to work in the UK, I&#8217;d stand a good chance with these brand names listed on my certificate. As it stands though, every single teaching job I&#8217;ve applied for overseas has never heard of any of them. The TEFL Academy is not an accredited school outside of the UK. So now I will just need to swallow the $400 I spent on their Level 5 course and take a course that is internationally recognized. I&#8217;ve been recommended to take the teflonlinepro.com course because they are fully accredited by ACTEFLC and several employers mentioned this accreditation body in my interviews. I really can&#8217;t see how the TEFL Academy has such great reviews on other platforms when people can&#8217;t use their certificate for teaching overseas. It all smells like one big smelly scam to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark>Essential TEFL Tip!<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Are you worried about being scammed? 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