Program Reviews

The purpose of this evaluation is to share my experience as a learner in ITTT Online TEFL Course. Hopefully, all information collected will be useful to evaluate and improve the programs on an ongoing basis.

Personally, I strongly agreed that the course increased my basic knowledge and comprehension of my skills as a TEFL teacher. So, I graded this aspect of the course fulfillment of my expectations a score of 5/5. This course improved my ability to analyze and apply information regarding the subject. I graded this aspect of the course fulfillment a score of 4/5. There were huge efforts to explain and engage me during the learning process. However, I had expected much to be taught on the practical and real-life situations of in-class assessment, monitoring and evaluate to adequately check and balance learning progress. I gained valuable skills that improved my potentials as an English tutor. Sincerely, I benefited a lot is this aspect of the course fulfillment. So, I grade it 100 percent in meeting my target goals of enrolling for the course. As regards my expectations, the course content met them up to 100 percent.

I agreed that the course content was relevant to my life outside the classroom. However, I wish its relevance and level of acceptance could cover all developing and underdeveloped countries as well. The course is rapidly booming in developed and western countries with little or no relevance and awareness in the east and similar parts of the globe. In that aspect, I graded the course 3/5 in fulfillment of this objective. The instructional materials were very appropriate for the course content. Wow! The use of the instructional materials was very excellent. It's 100 percent fulfilled. The assignments helped very well in improving my understanding. Therefore, I rated this aspect of the course fulfillment a score of 5/5. I strongly agreed that the assignments and examinations adequately tested my understanding of the course content. The course was designed with clear and reasonable assessment and evaluation procedures. Course discussions were of high quality. Though, I had expected much of peer review and peer discussion forums. The instructors promoted peer learning. However, I suggest that weekly discussion questions should be made available to enable learners discuss and share their views concerning the course contents. It will also increase students’ participation in the course. This aspect of peer interaction and discussion forum is rated 65 percent to my own evaluation point of view.

The instructors gave me valuable feedback which stimulated my intellectual enthusiasm for course content. They were also knowledgeable in their field which made the frequency of student and instructor interactions very adequate. Sincerely, I achieved the goals I had when I started this course. Therefore I strongly recommend this course to friends. All things considered, I am satisfied with my studies with ITTT Online TEFL Course. On average, my spending 19 to 25 hours per week to the course reading, assignments, participation, exam studying, and exam taking was not in vain.

Thank you,
Casmir Onyeneke

I find this a tad unfair given, most people taking this course are employed and are snatching time to study and pass the exam. However, little is known that when one fails, one needs to pay additional $150 to sit for a second attempt. Most prestigious known certification examination institutes offer the 2nd attempt for free. something to consider!
Overall good course content with supporting videos and options available for download (offline study).

Traveling to a new country I've never been to before was a bit scary. I didn't know what to expect or what type of people I would meet. However, the TEFL program and the people I met because of it was the best thing that could have happened. From day 1 the instructors in Barcelona were welcoming and supportive. They made me feel more relaxed and confident in my decision to enroll in the program. I was excited to start learning a new skill and making friends. Through out the course the instructors gave me the tools and knowledge that helped me to become a good English teacher. They provided great feedback from the observed practice classes that I taught. At times the class did feel a bit overwhelming like having to prepare for the final test but overall it helped me become more prepared in my future teaching job. Our class was a bit big, more than 30 students, so we were separated into two groups. However, this did not stop us from all hanging out together and becoming friends. The instructors have years of experience and know the city of Barcelona very well so we all felt very confident to ask them about anything. Some of my favorite memories are the laughs we shared in the classroom and our first night out together at the end of our first week. Barcelona has a great and vibrant night life so it makes it a great choice to do the TEFL program in and to live in if you decide to stay. I got to meet so many different people, as I am sure everyone does, with so many different backgrounds and stories. Some of us even became life long friends. The course material is not hard, but you have to be willing to commit and put in the effort. Some useful tips I would give to future students would be: if you decide to teach in Barcelona than don't wait until the end of the course to start looking for an apartment/room, perhaps start looking for a job before you graduate the class, put in the effort to prepare for the live practice classes you will be teaching, and make sure to have some money saved up before coming to Barcelona. Once you have the TEFL certificate you will be able to go almost anywhere in the world you can dream of to work and live.

Overall great, easy and worth every dollar. Lessons are really well written and require minimum effort from the reader. Throughout the lessons you will find several examples that will assist putting it all together and give you a better perspective on the topic at hand. Tests are really well grounded and manage to not feel intimidating but at the same time they remain challenging enough as of to provide a sense of accomplishment. This has been a fantastic experience and I am definitely looking forward to taking another course.

This online TEFL certification course from ITTT was really great! The things I learned have proved to be useful as I moved overseas to teach English. I have already been recommending this course to others.
I have been tutoring English online, and obtaining this certificate has given me a useful credential to show my students. I'm very thankful for this course, and I still carry the lessons around with me on my laptop and in my Kindle to review at times.

ITTT CERTIFICATION OPENED THE WAY
As Charles Dickens stated in his book, A Tale of Two Cities “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, I decided to embark on a journey to the soils of China in 2017 after I had completed my ITTT certification to see how the future will deal with me.
In fact the wonderful experience that I passed through knew no bounds. My experience was far more than my expectations. My first landing was on the Guangdong province. It was an evening of spectacular sights and sounds.
I was met on arrival by an African friend of mine who has lived in China for about a decade and had mastered the Chinese Mandarin to its best.
The first point of call was a local Chinese restaurant, where I saw groups of Chinese men and women eating different kinds of foods in a blissful mood. We requested for the menu and the colorful illustrations of the foods made me request for the local dumplings. The first intake was a kind of a hard task since I had a zero-experience of using the chopsticks. Gradually it became okay and finally enjoyed my food to the highest level. There were different kinds of drinks, soft and hard to choose from including the local Chinese tea. We walked through the streets of Guangzhou for a while, entered a KTV to enjoy some songs both local and continental and later retired to bed.
The next day served as a starting point for my job hunting expedition, but by the dint of hard work and zeal and with my powerful and recognized ITTT certification, I had a job after three days of searching.
I had a school in Guangzhou which is a popular and commercial hub in the Guangdong Province.
As usual I went in for a demonstration lesson and was fortunately picked, which I always give credits to the best course contents which was developed by the prestigious ITTT.
Since China was now my second home, my interest to learn the Chinese Mandarin to be able to communicate easily with the natives and enjoy my stay in China sky-rocketted.In less than five months I picked up the most essential vocabulary and in the eighth month I had mastered the language to a level that I could communicate with any one.
Because my school had associates and branches in different towns and cities in China, I had the opportunity to move throughout these schools teaching English as a Foreign Language.
The beautiful landscape, beautiful and powerful architectural designs, residential parks and gardens coupled with the dense ever-green vegetation in some parts of China and the rich and marvelous culture of China made my stay in China a remarkable one.
Today, after a year’s stay in China am proud to say that I can speak the Chinese Mandarin very well, and the useful applied linguistics contents gained from the ITTT certification is strongly helping me in my additional field of Computational linguistics which am to complete soon.
Best wishes to ITTT, ITTT graduates and all those who plan taking the ITTT certifications.
Albert Kwame Yankey
Ghana-West Africa.
ITTT Graduate,2007.

I worked with Alisia Habibi who is a teacher in your program. We cotaught between Texas and Cabo San Lucas Mexico. She is a wonderful teacher who thinks outside the box to educate her students and use creative methods to teach them. She is always willing to help and always available to communicate with me even though we are in ver different locations! I would recommend her for any position that you have.

I have done the course online.
Every time I have sent my final exam, the corrector has been very helpful and assertive in his support.
I had clear feedback.
He was really of great help even taking time to explain point he saw I misunderstood.
I will be going in Tokyo this September and hopefully will start teaching English.
I am very glad to have done the TEFL it was the best reconversion for my age and career.

So amazing that doing this course opens so many doors. I lived in Vietnam straight after I completed my course and was turning down job offers constantly as teachers are so sought after there. Especially with a good qualification. I travelled India and Thailand too and not only found employment in many countries but volunteered my teaching skills as often as I could. None of which would have been possible without this course. AMAZING!

A good option for someone without a lot of time to devote to gaining a TEFL certification, but not wonderful if you want an in-depth instruction into what teaching English actually looks like. But it's definitely a good start, and is very affordable and flexible. At the end of the course, you create lesson plans and receive critiques, which is helpful. You also get a flexible stretch of time in which to complete the course, which is also quite nice if you have other things going on in your life.