TEFL Certification & Job Placement Opportunities | 100% Online!

TEFL Certification & Job Placement Opportunities | 100% Online!

4.43 · 68 reviews
Location
  • Online
Length
120 hours

Program Details

Teaching Practicum
No
Job Placement
Yes
Certifications
TEFL

Pricing

Starting Price
499
Price Details
We’re excited to launch the new Teach Away TEFL course with a special introductory price of $599 USD (regularly $999)! This limited-time offer includes full access to our accredited 120-hour TEFL certification program, designed to prepare you for teaching jobs abroad or online. Enroll now to take advantage of this exclusive launch promotion.
Aug 11, 2025
Jun 12, 2025
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About Program

GET CERTIFIED⬇️
Transform your career and explore the globe with a TEFL certification from Teach Away, a global leader in international recruitment and TEFL certification.

GET HIRED⬇️
Upon graduation, we’ll connect you with schools actively seeking TEFL graduates, giving you direct access to top employers eager to hire!

GET STARTED⬇️
Launch your career teaching online or abroad with a course built by educators, for educators. This fully online course covers all the core skills and knowledge required to confidently teach English to learners around the world. Designed to be practical, engaging, and accessible from anywhere, it’s the ideal first step for anyone ready to explore teaching abroad or online.

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Program Highlights

  • Qualify to teach English online or abroad
  • Expert-designed 120-hour TEFL curriculum
  • 100% online and self-paced
  • Job Placement Support
  • Payment plans available (Canada)

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Program Reviews

4.43 Rating
based on 68 reviews
  • 5 rating 64.71%
  • 4 rating 25%
  • 3 rating 2.94%
  • 2 rating 2.94%
  • 1 rating 4.41%
  • Instruction 4.5
  • Support 4.5
  • Value 4.15
  • Academic Rigor 3.8
  • Job Assistance 3.6
  • Content 5
  • Engagement 5
  • Support 5
  • Platform 5
  • Value 5
Showing 41 - 48 of 68 reviews
Callista
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Online TEFL Certification Program

The University of Toronto's TEFL 150-hour online course was thorough and simple to navigate through, albeit for constant technical glitches that include frozen slides. Receiving certification from a distinguished university should provide an additional boost during the job hunting process in the future.

However, processing of the certificate upon completion of the course is delayed indefinitely. It has been 3 weeks since the course, and no scanned certificate is provided to me, except for an email from them asking me to confirm my name. Their email states that I will receive the scanned certificate within 2 weeks, but no such thing came about.

I would rate the program much higher if the turnaround time for the certificate is as promised.

155 people found this review helpful.
Response from Teach Away

Hi Callista,

Thank you for your feedback and for taking the time to offer your insights on your TEFL Online course experience.

It's helpful to note that we are unable to begin processing certificates until a student's name is confirmed. Thereafter, it takes 1-2 weeks for students to receive a scanned copy of their certificate. All certificates are then sent via regular mail and are subject to standard mailing times.

I can see that you've now received a scanned copy of your certificate so if you haven't already, you should receive your physical copy of the certificate in the mail shortly!
If you have any further questions regarding your certificate, or on beginning your teach abroad jounery, please contact us directly.

Best,
Elspeth

sarah
1/5
No, I don't recommend this program

University of Toronto should be ashamed

This was such a joke, I am not sure where to start. First of all the 4-6 week waiting period to receive your certificate is unreasonable and totally unacceptable.
Second, there are numerous errors including 13 test errors about which I sent two emails and made one phone call, about were totally ignored. University of Toronto you should be ashamed to affiliate with this organization.
Any half way intelligent person will blow through 120hrs two weeks, (and have time to log the errors and organize the accompanying screenshots)
Fourth, a good chunk of this course appears to be written by one person (who begins nearly every slide with "In my experience...") This is highly opinionated, and frequently uninformed content written from subjective experience. This is not content created by a team of educators. Its so bad that 13 major errors were missed, and several technical glitches.
Fifth, the course does not work with Firefox ( which they of course deny, like fixing test errors, which might mean actually having to do actual work.)

151 people found this review helpful.
Response from Teach Away

Hi Sarah,

Thank you very much for sharing your feedback.

We do advise all graduates of the program that it can take up to 4-6 weeks to receive their TEFL certificate after completing their course. As certificates are issued direct from the University of Toronto to teachers living all over the world - both within and without the US and Canada - certificates destined internationally can take up to this maximum time.

As you reside in Canada, a digital copy of your certificate has already been sent to you and your physical certificate mailed; set to arrive at your address within 3 weeks of your course completion. We strive to keep the processing time for certificates as short as possible.

All of your feedback has been received by our technical support team. If you are curious to know more about the U of T professors that designed the course, please visit: https://teflonline.teachaway.com/online-tefl-designers/

It was a pleasure to speak with you on the phone, and I wish you all the very best for a great international teaching adventure!

Best,
Christie

Tucker
1/5
No, I don't recommend this program

Terrible class, basically a scam, and UoT astroturfs reviews online

This class is awful and should be avoided at all costs. I took the 120 hour class and it was so easy and repetitive that by the end I was pulling my hair out. It gives you no real tools to use when you enter a classroom, and the grammar section is superficial at best. It is also not accredited so this TEFL "certification" can not be used in Canada or the US. Also, they make you submit tons of writing within the class that seems to just be deleted after you submit it. Then at the end of each section make you turn in review journals that are obviously not read by anyone based on the turnaround time.

However, I could have gotten passed all that. It is an online class, and a popular one at that. It would be impossible for UoT to keep a 100% online class to the same standards as an in person TEFL course. I can understand why these deficiencies exist. BUT they also don't send you your certificate with any kind of speed. When you finish they say you will get an electronic copy in about 2 weeks, and the physical copy in a totally ridiculous 4-6 weeks. Even this terrible turnaround time is a lie. I finished almost three weeks ago now and have received nothing from UoT other than them asking me to confirm my name. When I finally found the correct number on their terrible website, and called they said I would be receiving my certificate in the next couple of days. Nothing came. It feels like I have been scammed out of $1,000.

Based on my experience there is no way that this course should be receiving the universally good reviews that it has online. So I decided to read every review I could find, and found they are all repeated across sites and all written in stilted prose with overly effusive praise for the course and UoT. It seems that UoT has payed someone to astroturf for them.

STAY AWAY YOU ARE JUST LOSING $1,000 FOR A NON ACCREDITED COURSE THAT YOU WONT EVEN RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE FOR. Shame on UoT for running this scam.

What would you improve about this program?
By being accredited, and by actually sending the certificates out once you finish. Basically by making it into a real TEFL course.
155 people found this review helpful.
Response from Teach Away

Hi Tucker,

We value your feedback and appreciate you taking the time to offer your insights on your TEFL Online course experience. We are sorry to hear our program fell short of your expectations.

I think it is helpful to clarify here, for yourself and other readers, that no TEFL course is truly accredited (as other ESL teaching certificates may be in the US and in Canada). There is no global accrediting body that governs the standards of Teaching English as a Foreign Language courses. As a result, TEFL programs that advertise they are accredited are privately accredited. In the end, the only way to ensure that you are receiving the best TEFL training that will be recognized internationally, is to undertake your TEFL certification with a reputable provider like a College or University, or with an internationally recognized private organization.

Your certificate is on it's way to you now, and you can expect it to arrive to you shortly. Certificates for the TEFL Online program are issued direct from the University of Toronto to teachers living all over the world, both within and without the US and Canada, and in rare cases certificates can take up to 6 weeks to arrive to a student living abroad.

If you have any questions regarding your certificate, or how you can take your first steps towards teaching abroad, please contact us directly.

Best,
Christie

Tamekeng
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

My Experience

I have been teaching English Language for over the last three years in Africa.I have always been appreciated by my schools and students as a good teacher.But when I took the initiative to pay for the TEFL 150 hour course ,I realized that I had throughout my teaching been violating my students rights. Most of the time I decided and imposed on them. I spent a lot of energy during teaching. Infact, it’s stressful. After going through the section on Classroom Management, teaching now is less stressful and more of a fun.Even my students have noticed it. Some keep on asking me why I didn’t introduce the methods I am now using the previous years. I can’t tell them that I was not really a teacher. The program is so rich .The course administrators are accessible all the time.My internet connection eventhough is not strong,gave me little or no problem. I completed the course for a period not more than 4months at my own pace. I strongly encourage all aspiring teachers not to continue wasting their time before paying and start enjoying the course to do so immediately.For,you will neither regret nor be the same. Thank you so much The University of Toronto!

What would you improve about this program?
Just keep on doing the good job you've been doing
148 people found this review helpful.
Volodymyr
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Great experience

There are a lot of TEFL certificate programs out there, but the one that I always recommend to teachers looking to teach overseas is the TEFL certification through University of Toronto. Unlike many TEFL programs out there, University of Toronto is internationally-recognized. This means that the teacher training will be recognized around the world. This is very important as there are several TEFL programs that are NOT recognized. The course itself designed really great and provides all the info needed for an ESL teacher. I would definitely recommend to my colleagues.

147 people found this review helpful.
Omar
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Amazing Course

The online course was amazing, easy to navigate, and most importantly provided great tips and material for you to know as a TEFL instructor. My favourite parts of the course were little 1-5 minute video clips of actual instructors talking about their experience overseas. This was great because it was much more casual and gave you a better idea of what situations you might get into while teaching.

What would you improve about this program?
Looking back on it now I believe a small amount of the links that were provided in the online course did not work (either out-dated or the hyperlink address must have been changed).
149 people found this review helpful.
Yamir
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

WOW... SO IMPRESSED!

The TEFL course content was great and was easy to work through at your own pace. I really liked the focus on English and the tests were not too hard because I always felt prepared after doing the work before. I took a look for a long time to see what TEFL certification courses were available and this one seemed to be the most convenient and easy for me to complete on my own time. I will be leaving soon to teach overseas and I can't wait to use the new skills and my confidence that I have gained by completing this course!

What would you improve about this program?
ITS THE BEST!
154 people found this review helpful.
Oana
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Great TEFL Course

I must have spent a week of researching the best TEFL Course to take. I wanted to invest in a course that was by a great university and 100% online (have a full time job and not much free time).
After talking to Christie about some questions I had, I signed up in February 2016. I took the course from home or the cottage (it works great on an ipad). I finished the course in 3 and a half weeks. The course is not very difficult and a couple of times that I needed some clarifications, I heard back from their support department within a couple of hours.
I have applied for a few teaching in positions in Thailand and Abu Dhabi. For both positions I have an interview scheduled this week. I am confident that the TEFL Certificate from University of Toronto was a big boost in securing these interviews.
Highly recommended. This is an actual certification course from a top university; unlike some tefl courses going for 1/10-th of the price but are a waste of time.

158 people found this review helpful.

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