Location
Multiple Locations +9
  • Online
  • South Korea
    • Seoul
  • Vietnam
    • Ho Chi Minh City
  • Cambodia
    • Phnom Penh
  • Thailand
    • Hua Hin
  • Indonesia
    • Bali
  • Japan
    • Tokyo
  • Spain
    • Barcelona
  • Costa Rica
    • Heredia
Length
120 hours
Training Type
Classroom

Program Details

Teaching Practicum
Yes
Job Placement
Yes
Certifications
Online TEFL Online TESOL TEFL TESOL
Weekly Classroom Hours
25
Housing
Apartment Hotel
Age Min.
18

Pricing

Starting Price
550
Price Details
Online TEFL/TESOL Course: $550 USD
Face to face TEFL Course: $1530 USD - $2250 USD (Depending upon the location)
Full relocation: $1700 USD
What's Included
Some Activities
What's Included (Extra)

Help with: Flights, medical insurance, grammar, bank account, accommodation, SIM, TEFL homework and assignments, CV, interview, lesson planning, activities, alumni, on-going support.

What's Not Included
Airfare Domestic Airfare Airport Transfers Meals SIM cards Travel Insurance Visa
Nov 16, 2023
May 09, 2024
19 travelers are looking at this program

About Program

Feeling overwhelmed with choices or struggling to find the perfect program?

Don't stress! I've got your back. Let's work together to pick the best course tailored just for you. From sorting out work permits to acing TEFL assignments, I'll guide you every step of the way. Think of me as your friendly helper, making your move stress-free.

Need tips on shopping, banking, or just hanging out? I've got you covered! And don't worry about landing a job—I'll help you prep for interviews and find the perfect fit. Once you're in, I'll still be here to assist with lesson planning also. Let's make this journey awesome!

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Program Highlights

  • Get matched with a local to be your friend and guide
  • Help with TEFL course homework, assignments and lesson planning
  • Interview practice and job placement
  • Help with setting up a bank account, SIM, medical insurance, flights and accommodation
  • Pre course help with grammar and TEFL foundations to give you a head start!

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Program Reviews

4.89 Rating
based on 45 reviews
  • 5 rating 91.11%
  • 4 rating 6.67%
  • 3 rating 2.22%
  • 2 rating 0%
  • 1 rating 0%
  • Benefits 4.75
  • Support 4.9
  • Fun 4.6
  • Facilities 4.6
  • Safety 4.75
  • Instruction 5
  • Support 5
  • Value 4.95
  • Academic Rigor 4.2
  • Job Assistance 5
  • Content 5
  • Engagement 5
  • Support 5
  • Platform 4.9
  • Value 5
Showing 17 - 24 of 45 reviews
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Jose
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

My experience with TFV and Georgie

I tried a few of the more popular ESL options available and my experiences range from being either ignored or being told I don't meet their criteria because of my passport. Meeting with Georgie was such a humanizing experience. Georgie helped make my ESL journey feel like an adventure instead of a chore. The TESOL program and Georgie's feedback helped me challenge myself and discover new talents. I'm really glad I joined. As the pandemic slowly comes to an end and the world starts to heal again, I'm really excited as to where these newfound skills will lead me.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
TFV provides a unique and personal experience, at no point during the program did I feel like a number in somebody's daily quota. This program will teach you important leadership skills that certainly apply to multiple facets in life.
160 people found this review helpful.
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Dale
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

My experience and thoughts of TFV

The experience I have had with the TFV program has been a great one. Even though I haven't had my certificate yet, I have comfortably been guided through the theory course and learned new tips and tricks by my tutor, Georgie. She's just great at teaching and doesn't give up, even if you are a little handful like me 😁
Thank you for getting me this far, I really cannot wait to actually teach and travel around the world.
If there are people who are 50/50 about doing this course, I recommend you guys to make the jump. You will meet lots of new people, travel and share your own knowledge with other people. It is a once in a life time opportunity, so do it with TFV.

What was the most nerve-racking moment and how did you overcome it?
Recording my first teaching lesson, I found it nerve-racking and couldn't talk to the camera.
186 people found this review helpful.
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Ciaran
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Teachers Friend Vietnam

We had an excellent experience with Georgie and Teachers' Friend Vietnam. Once we found her website and watched a few of her videos we knew we would contact her for advice on our trip to Vietnam and we weren't disappointed. Through emails and skype she gave us honest, detailed advice on the best way to proceed with our plans. She has extensive knowledge of the practicalities of teaching in Vietnam and has many contacts in the area. You always feel you are being given advice that's above board and practical. We would strongly recommend Georgie for anyone thinking of heading to Vietnam to teach.

95 people found this review helpful.
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Victoria
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

The smoothest transition I've ever made

Having the assistance of Teacher's Friend really made my move to Vietnam so much easier and reassuring. I was able to ask all the questions I had and I got amazing tips and pointers of things I hadn't even thought about. I was able to secure a job in almost no time and I am enjoying my job. Having someone to talk to who can give amazing and personal advice was the best resource I found when I was making the decision to move to Vietnam. The communication exchanges I've had were great and timely. I felt very supported before and after my transition to living in Vietnam.

What would you improve about this program?
I wouldn't change anything about the program. Having someone to talk to who can give amazing and personal advice was the best resource I found when I was making the decision to move to Vietnam.
92 people found this review helpful.
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Amanda
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Support connecting in the English Language industry in Vietnam

My experience of Teacher's Friend Vietnam is based on an hour long skype call and several follow up emails with Georgie Snape. I am developing English language programmes based in Hai Phong and Georgie's advice and input were key in connecting me with the experts, front runners and people involved in best practice teaching English as an additional language in Vietnam. Georgie was a great listener and responded quickly to my particular information needs as well as making all engagement with her an absolute pleasure. She is the sort of personality that engages at all levels and in appropriate ways. She is someone I could see having ongoing contact with for her knowledge of the local context, expertise in the huge English Language teaching industry in Vietnam and simply for the pleasure of enjoying her engaging personality. Georgie is open to new ideas and motivated to facilitate people on their path here in Vietnam. Her advice has been relevant, valuable and appropriate to my needs. I recommend her highly as a first point of contact for teachers planning to come to Vietnam to work or upon arrival, like myself.

What would you improve about this program?
The people and Georgie Snape, in particular provided the glue that pulled together a lot of the work I am doing.
94 people found this review helpful.
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Jack
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

An all round professional service with a personal touch - wow

I signed up to the full relocation package that TFV offers. Georgie, the owner of this small niche business is ‘one of a kind’. From my initial enquiry to my current teaching journey in Vietnam, she has supported me every step of the way and surpassed my expectations. Her advice and willingness to help is ‘second to none’. Before I signed up, I researched her business, read about her and TFV reviews. I was immediately impressed, and honesty, inspired, by what she has achieved, and her passion to use that to help others have the same opportunity. This remains true to this day.

When you sign up to a service like this one, it is rare you actually get to meet the person that has been helping you prepare and lighten the burden of this life changing decision. I had the pleasure of meeting Georgie, who currently lives in Ho Chi Minh. I initially came to Vietnam with a plan, and that developed into a learning schedule which Georgie developed even further for me. Throughout the two weeks I was in Ho Chi Minh, she devoted her own time to personally train me and allowed me to observe her classes and others. Outstanding!

Georgie specialises solely in Vietnam. There are other businesses out there that offer a relocation service, but none like TFV. An all round professional service with a personal touch. It is a pleasure for me to recommend TFV to anyone wishing to pursue a move to Vietnam to teach.

My deepest gratitude goes out to Georgie and may our working relationship continue for years to come.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
If you’re thinking about making the big leap & emigrating to Vietnam and teaching English, but in doubt - just do it!
Life is too short. It was the best decision of my life. Real change comes from within.
83 people found this review helpful.
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James
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Great advice

She is the go-to person for advice on TEFL in Vietnam.

She is a great resource for contract review and negotiation and esl career advice. She reviewed my contract and terms and helped me secure a better offer: she also helped determine which city and neighborhood housing I should pick for housing.

She also knows a lot about how to get set up in Vietnam long term. She is well versed on relative area security, raising kids there and the international school situation.

Finally she is knowledgeable about the international school business in Vietnam. She knows how it works and what qualifications you need to get involved.

The one and only resource for Vietnam teachers. Highly recommended.

What was the most unfamiliar thing you ate?
Pho is amazing the food is great here. Also be sure to try che, buncha and bang mi thit.
107 people found this review helpful.
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Chiara
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Highly recommend

Moving to Vietnam to teach English is an adventure to say the least. Like all adventures, it has its good and bad days. Georgie was there for me, on both the good and the bad. She was always there to support me and give me advice when I was freaking out about things- anything ranging from feeling home sick, to housing, to jobs, to just general anxious moments. That's what makes Georgie's service so invaluable: having someone who genuinely cares and will always help you out, like a real friend would!
When it came to finding jobs she put me into contact with different schools and I quickly had interviews lined up. Her connections in the ESL community in Vietnam another one of her assets.
It's a good feeling knowing someone's in your corner, especially someone as able and kind as Georgie. I highly recommend Teacher's Friend to anyone thinking of moving to Vietnam.

100 people found this review helpful.

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