studyTEFL

Program Reviews

Paul
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

4/5 because you don't include verification with your fee

The course itself is thorough and provides more than adequate theoretical training. I'm happy with the quality of the lessons despite a few interesting AI video mistakes - the number of videos is a definite plus. Staff were friendly and emailed me back very responsively. So far, so good. It really was going well. However, I had come to understand that my fee of $29 would include a certificate with some way of verifying passing. No. Instead, I had to pay $10 more for this. Yes, the course is cheap, but I think they could've made this part of the fee. How long does it take to add a few numbers and click 'enter'? In summary, it's a useful course with many positives, but take my verification and I'll take your star!

Claudia
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

I think this is a very profesional course that gives me lots of confidence in what I can do now

Firstly, the course has much informacion and can be enjoyed when you learn because it is made with much knowledge and passion. The teachers provide strong teaching in writing and video. There are review activities also. What I very much enjoyed was the teaching videos filmed in the schools of Asia because everything is so clear that I learned in the lessons from these. The course is so low cost also. I studied the course of 120 hours and payed for the special certificates so because I want to print and share them with jobs.

Andrea
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Smooth all the way thankfully

This is my second time writing this because the first one didin't save :( The course was brilliant because of everything that they put in the 24 units (which is a lot of units compared to most courses I looked at before choosing this one). There were always alot of learning videos, then a kind of digital textbook thing to read (which took a long time), then more videos that were often quite interesting, sometimes model teaching videos of English teachers in Asian schools (they had nursery, quite a few at primary school and high school), and then some problem solving activities. The flow was brilliant because I felt like I got it by the end of eveyr lesson. I never needed tutor support

Mark
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

I actually enjoyed this one

I wasn't going into this one with a super positive attitude, to be honest, it's learning something that's not exactly what most of us consider fun and it's something that takes your free time away. But I have to say this was pretty good considering my reservations. It starts with some pretty handy info about teaching abroad, which applies to me, then it gets deeper and deeper into managing classes, planning them and instruction. It's really well assembled and has a real voice behind it. Best thing? The videos showing real classes being taught and their interactive content

If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
I'd take more time to watch all the extra videos
Pros
  • Great organization
  • Quality of the content
  • Real teaching videos and interactivities
Cons
  • I'd like to be able to send in a mock lesson of me teaching and get feedback
Simon
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Superb

It's always a gamble when you buy a cheap product, so I'm happy to share my experiences on studying the 120 hour studyTEFL course. It has a couple more units than they credit as there are some informative onboarding ones and every unit has hours of material to work through. What I liked especially was that there were no surprises as everything appeared exactly how it was in the free units. I recommend that if you are considering this course that you try those freebies. I refunded a different course from another academy that was very thin on materials, but this one suited my needs much better. Really, it wasn't just the price of this that makes it so good, it's the level of detail that they go to and the extras they include.

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Astrid
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Value!

These people really care about the student and learning that they try to make happen - there's so much to feel content about when you buy a course like this because it's so cheap but you get so much. I learned with the 168 hour course from studytefl and am happy with my decision to do the extra because I will going to now have my experience with young children. However, for anyone not with an interest in doing teaching with children I think you should better study just the 120 hour because it is very full already with the information you need. I asked many questions, maybe too much asking(!!) before I started the course to check the company but they were always very kind. It's just so very high value learning compared to the price you pay. If you pay a little more money you also can print your own certificate and it has a barcode on it for proof.

Yoyo
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

This was high quality regardless the price

I'm a teaching assistant so I can't afford an expensive training course. This online course was perfect for me because of price first of all but when I actually start it, the course becomes more perfect because it has so many informations. I took more than 3 months to complete the 120 hours so maybe it took me longer than this time but I wanted to do it correctly and learn to help my students and co-teacher better. The grammar units were useful for the activity ideas, but I know the theory already. The teachers who have made the course are very good which is obvious because of how many informations I could engage and learn. The most interesting units were about planning lessons and vocabulary because I was able to learn many new games. The videos with the units were always very good quality except for a few times the voice might go strange for a second (this maybe due to vpn). The text was perfect and so was the activity review after. I didn't need to communicate with the email team but they were polite when I have my certificate sent. I can offer my sincere recommendation for this course.

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Keith
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Easy 10

Took me a few days of clicking and reading and all that to settle my nerves on this course, but it panned out well and didn't remind me of COVID learning too much. I didn't see the point in paying for an expensive course when there are cheapo ones that seem to have the same or nearly the same stuff. Maybe I'm full of it, but this course suited me fine and I can get on with the job hunt now like. I had zero issues, bar a video not loading on a quiz that could have been my net anyway lol. The course wasn't easy, but I always say if I can do something, any muppet can

Nelson
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

I really recommend it

Like I said, you guys have a really great thing here, so long as you move away from your budget TEFL image. You could and should be charging much more, though I'm guessing the market is tough. Customer service and what you get with the course is lekker. I went for the cheaper course for online teaching, but I'm confident that what I learned is great for teaching overseas. If I decide to go to Korea, I'll probably extend the course by 50 hours to review and get extra tips. My advice for you guys is to charge a bit more to shake your budget vibe because your course isn't budget. Thanks again

Sabrina
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

I was able to refresh my grammar and learn how to teach english

The 120 hour course is very recommended and useful for my needs. I learned about grammar and how to teach different parts of sentences, not only tenses but how to teach the vocabularies also. Each lesson included many videos that spoke the text and asked review questions, but there were other review videos also. The text was every time interesting and bit different from the videos even though it was the same topic. I learned many different topics like behaviour control, making lessons interesting and structured, online teaching, and many more also. The only problem for me is that I need to teach in the class to have practical experience.