Program Reviews

I took the 120 credit hour online course without tutor assistance for my TEFL certification. It was an excellent course because it allowed me to take my time through the materials, balancing out my own schedule with the coursework. I now live abroad and teach English as a second language. The coursework prepared me well, especially in regards to lesson planning and grammar. I use my knowledge acquired from this course on a daily basis. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to teach English abroad as a good checkbox for your resume as well as training for future teaching jobs.

As an experienced English teacher, with over 10 years of experience, I was a little hesitant at first about completing a TEFL. The program, however, was very informative and I learned quite a lot of new and useful information. I have since implemented what I've learned and applied it to my classroom. The course has been advantageous and beneficial to both myself and my students. The program was perfect for me as I teach full time. I could study and complete the program at my own pace. All in all, I would definitely recommend taking the course, but be ready to commit.

I thought the materials were useful, and I learnt a lot about grammar and some basic information. However, it was not very challenging, and too easy to pass. It was an online course, so there were no practical elements which is a major drawback. There was no online community discussions or group work either, so it was very isolating as a course.

It's great if you want a cheap, online TEFL certificate to add to your resume for an unexperienced teacher. However, practically it's not that useful in the classroom.

It was good to learn technical terms and grammatical forms that I did not know how to describe. Money-wise, it was expensive but I had a grant also that covered part of the cost. It was nice to know more about English from a teaching perspective and did widen my perspective and knowledge. I enjoyed that I could download and access content chapters and material offline which made it easy for me to do work whenever I could. The organization of ITTT and its format of learning a chapter and then doing a quiz was very methodical and easy to use/remember.

I had a great experience with the course. The best part was meeting other English educators from different countries and walks of life. I'm still friends with many of them! The instructors work hard and gave us many opportunities to learn and grow as teachers. You'll still have time to explore the amazing island. I'll never forget my time in Phuket. I recommend this course to anyone wanting to become certified and start teaching English abroad!

ITTT's online TEFL certification is a great option for students who know they want to teach abroad, but may be strapped for cash and can't afford to travel somewhere to take a course.
That was my situation. The course itself will give you a basic run-down of how to teach following 3-Stage teaching format called ESA. The course is fairly straightforward, you work through a set amount of modules, then take a final exam which is planning your own ESA format lesson. The course will do a good job at giving you an idea of how to teach a class of teenagers or adults. The method used doesn't really work well with young children, which is most of my classes. Keep in mind that every school will do things a little different. For example, the school I work at now in Taiwan wants us to use a different teaching method called PPP, it's very similar to ESA but it works better for younger learners. So the method you learn may not be what you actually use in your day to day lessons. Overall, I would say this course is a great option if you don't have a $1000+ (USD) to spend on an in-class course. However, if you have the extra, I highly advise you take an in-class program because with that, you get teaching experience. My first time ever teaching was absolute mess and it made me really wish I had that prior experience. But for what you pay, you do get some detailed lessons, activity idea, and most importantly the certification itself.

ittt is an amazing program which helped me study while still working. The course Instructions and are simple and easy to follow and assitance is always quick to reply when needed. I would highly reccomend ittt to anyone wanting to study online. The units are easy to work through and explained in simple format, while also giving examples where needed. ITTT have now given me the oppotunity to live with my partner overseas while doing something i love, teaching english in Indonesia.

I really enjoyed taking part in this course. My mother tongue is English, and still I learnt alot from taking this course. I learnt alot about rules in English that just came naturally for me but I was able to learn the rule behind it. This course looks great on my CV and a lot of jobs to do with Education look for a course like this. I would definetly recommend this course, help was on hand anytime I was unsure!

I strongly recommend this program. The course material is brilliant and useful. The instructions are straightforward. The tests highlight the most important aspects of teaching English. I am happy that I have found this course, as I study and get a certificate in the comfort of my home. In addition, I can complete the course at my own pace. Of course, there is a time limit of 180 days for the basic course, but it is well enough if you are really interested in getting a certificate and becoming a teacher.

The online 120 hour Tesol/TEFL course honestly has been a very insightful one for me. I have learned English as a child and still continue to use English daily. The experience with the course that fascinates me most is the 'how' to teach various aspects of the english language. Though I passed the lesson planning, and of course went through the quizzes with ease, after resubmitting twice, I learned something very important. I had to prepare my lesson plan on the usage of the present continuous tense. The grammartical structure subject+aux verb+ -ing ending is to be included in the plan and in the teaching and learners encouraged to learn to use this structure in the formation of sentences on their own. Writing the plan down actually helps to make sure you teach your lesson thoroughly.