ITTT TEFL Reviews

Was a very useful course, not easy but has set me up for success. The course materials were great and staff were very knowledgeable. Local accommodation was inexpensive and locals really look after you here

Unbelieveable! I would not have imagined how much is possible to achieve in 4 weeks. It was really intense! And still, we had much fun together. Larry and Dave understood well to make it lively, real and interesting. The best approach to learning seems to be forget about learning. It's got to be fun! So we started even the driest subject of grammar with a game. Thus I lost my fear of incomprehensible theoretical gibberish. No need to prepare beforehand something which can not be learnt anyway. It is communication that matters and rather less form. We stuck to this principle of communicative language teaching which was pretty enlightening to me as someone who learnt English the hard way.

I found particularly valuable the personal experience about teaching in Japan Larry and Dave shared with us. For this reason alone I would not have wanted to take the course somewhere else. My lesson plans did not work in practise. Surprise! Probably the hardest thing for a teacher is to make his plan work. As a novice I would have liked more guidance how to achieve this and keep my students happy at the same time. Maybe an extra week would do the trick?

In my view this course is a solid grounding on the way of becoming a teacher. I highly recommend the course to anyone interested in teaching in Japan. It made me aware of what it might mean to become a teacher and now I see the work ahead. The course book says "teaching is like dancing". The course was about learning the steps. Nice to know that I can come back to Dave and Larry with questions when I practise my first steps alone. I enjoyed the course and will not just remember when I go through my comprehensive notes in the future. It will be a reference for me!

Both Larry and Dave have years of experience teaching English to many age groups of kids, teens, and university students. Outside of class time they are friendly and are very willing to help with ideas and in giving directions to be successful.

Tokyo is like the coolest place ever (but also the most expensive place ever, just a heads up. And for you vegetarians like myself, it gets even harder.) I was a little bit far away from all the super exciting stuff which was a bit of a downfall, but honestly, that's one of my very few complaints out all all the awesome things I have to say about the city.

The program itself is really rad and you learn a lot of neat things about teaching. Larry and Dave are super informative but also really entertaining. Eventually you get to apply what you have learned in classrooms and in smaller, more private teaching sessions, which is also really fun and engaging. Despite all of the hard work and everything you need to learn, it really all pays off in the end.

A very fun and informative experience! While there were some challenges along the way, overall the program was very helpful in teaching me about how to become an effective English teacher in many given contexts.

I took this course in 5 weeks, while maintaining a lot of other responsibilities. I learned some really good, important basics and appreciated the flexibility and simplicity of this course. It was well worth my time. While it may not teach as much as if you were in the classroom, it is great as far as online courses go.

I found the experience very useful and beneficial. The teaching staff were extremely kind, caring and helpful. I found that the four weeks flew by and really enjoyed making new friends and the social side of the course too. I am looking forward to teaching in the future and feel more confident now I am equipped with my TEFL experience and skills!!

I was really satisfied. I really felt like I learned something. Not only about teachings methods, but also how treat people, being available to them. So it was very good experience. I met people from around the world, it's definitely something I would recommend to a friend.

I really enjoyed the course in Paris. The teaching was great and really interesting. It is so different from how I was taught languages and I love the creative aspect to the teaching style! I met some great people and had so much fun whilst being here. We had a lot of teaching practice with real students who get free English lessons so this was great...a win win situation! This really exceeded my expectations. Each week was very varied and gradually I have gained a lot of confidence in my teaching. I can't wait to start!

Overall it was a rewarding experience. Although it was a very intensive course, we had a lot of support from our tutor and giving lessons to students of different nationalities was very interesting and challenging.