I payed thinking I was going to get a bit of text, some questions, a few videos, and maybe some more questions in a game version or something. I was happily totally wrong. The course is legit good (120) and isn't at all like I had presumed it'd be. It's great value because of how much detail amd coverage it has. I had no idea what goes into teaching different ages aside from assuming they learn harder grammar the older they get. Turns out it's pretty complicated. The quizzes and games I thought were going to be basic are actually good. There are a lot of questions on different skills, so you can't really help but learn (they give feedback for practice quizzes to help with this). I think this was excellent. No need for tutor support.

The 120-hour course was really well put together, plain enough to understand, but deep enough to learn lots despite having a background in English.

High quality content - the structure makes sense and moved from more basic parts of teaching to more difficult ones that deserve more time and attention. There resources are excellent!
Engagement - the text on their LMS is interactive, which means learners like me (who get bored easily) have something to click at and touch. That's the big draw of their scenario learning and practice tests - they allow you to click many times and interact with them. It works well to combat boredom that some online learning can be guilty of.
Support - excellente. I had 2 questions and wanted their printable certificate, and they answered me within a few minutes the first time and within an hour the second.
Platform - I was linked to their new offsite LMS, which was fast and modern. It was really nice to work on. Everything worked. Videos played quickly - it was nice having narration for one pass of the text, and just reading for the second. I went through it how they advised, and I feel like I learned it really well.
Value - it's incredible value.
Overall - Wonderful and easy to recommend. I feel confident with what I learned.

The good - easy to learn when you want because it's online and you go slow or hard at whatever time or day. Lots and lots of information on everything that I researched good courses have - even online teaching, which is important to me. The admin team responded quickly when I had a job question. The videos are a good thing to play on fast speed to review - they have a man speaking the text, which isn't entertainment as itself but is useful for hearing the words. The scenarios learning is nicely put together and makes you think about the things you learned. It's a really good-structured course that's easy to learn from. The bad - no live jobs board showing which online companies are currently hiring. They have links, but then you need to go check these out rather than knowing where the jobs are at. Improvement would be a good thing here.

I actually finished the program at the end of last year, but they recently contacted me on a follow-up for a review, which I'm happy to do now. The program was detailed and went into a lot of different areas that have proved helpful to me now that I'm actually teaching. People are right when they say you don't really learn until you teach, but this gave me a good amount of confidence to get out and teach. Looking back, the course helped me most with its focus on planning and on being able to handle when things don't go as planned, ironically! The scenarios they put out for practicing were actually pretty realistic, though it's obviously a lot faster and real in the classroom. I used my certificate from the TEFL Masters to get my visa for China, so it's legit. From others I've spoken with here, it's only worthwhile to pay much more for a TEFL if you actually get some form of teaching experience with it: I was happy with what I learned from TTM and was really happy with what I paid for that learning.

The TEFL Masters course is everything it promised to be: it's well-organised and it's clearly written by professionals, because there is just so much pedagogical knowledge. They have so many useful activities to make you really think about what you've read and listened to, and it gets your mind into how you might actually need to use the information. For me, this is where the course really matched its claims. I was expecting to just watch a few videos and read a pile of text, but they balance those things with using engaging assessments well. There are quite a few quiz questions on top of the situational tasks, so you have to either know the content well or have another page open with the course notes! I can't remember how many demo videos there are, but there are quite a few, and they're very good for seeing the concepts visually being done by people who make it look pretty easy (maybe too easy that it lures you into a false sense of security?!).

While the course is excellent, I'd like to see a few improvements. First up, there needs to be a clearer overview of what each course gives you - there are quite a few course options, some with assignments, some with a practical (?), and it was a bit dense trying to find what I needed to know to make my decision. Customer service was very good, but having a chatbot or just a broader collection of questions in their faq would be much more convenient. Another thing is once you finish, they do have links for jobs and some resources, but these should be openly available or even provided at the end when you get your certificate. Really, for the $50 that you pay, these things are a bit like complaining about a dirty spoon when you're only eating a main course, but we all have expectations, and there were another few small things they can definitely improve on.

My experience with TEFL Masters was really enlightening. I watched a couple of videos on teaching English a while ago but figured it looked kind of basic. Having completed this course, I kind of realize I was naive as there's so much to learn. I only took the 120 hours option but this definitely made me feel like there's a lot more out there waiting for me to learn. I feel like the course has helped me get the basics and some stuff that's a bit more advanced down, but it's left me aware that teaching English isn't going to be a big vacation.

The course itself is really nicely structured so that you get introduced to ideas in what seems like a logical order. Halfway through, you meet the idea of lesson planning, which by that point isn't scary because you've covered half of the grammar and management theory, so I really liked that. Really, the course just seemed to take theory and make it more interesting by forcing you to answer about how and when to use bits of knowledge. To me personally, this was what made this the most valuable takeaway. When I read other reviews, I got from it that there's a lot of information given, so that didn't surprise me so much. I learned so much but I put that down to the number of questions and how they were asked in context.

To conclude, I found this course highly useful and practical. Staff were awesome throughout my experience and I finished with a sense of learning lots but knowing I still have lots to learn on the job (hopefully in Thailand!!!). For those looking for a course that teaches you how to teach English with a more practical edge to how you're assessed (though it's not practical in the sense of actually teaching, unfortunately, just in how your mind has to get into context) then I absolutely recommend this course.

I have no worries at all providing a stellar review of TEFLmasters based on my experience over the past month. I'll preface this with the fact that prior to this course I have no experience with teaching. I'm not going to say that I think this course has turned me into a real teacher, because I've still never taught a lesson, but I do feel like I will be able to handle it when I get a job in Asia. The text that this course has is extensive, but that's not what I rate most about it - they have so many videos of real classes that you can actually see a pattern in how most lessons are taught (or at least how I'm going to try to teach). The other standout for me was their active learning tasks. I would've preferred more of these over quiz questions, but having both was useful in different ways. I'm not going to list any of the minor idiosyncrasies with the course/platform, because they're irrelevant compared to the course's training value.

I needed to get a certificate to replace one that I lost a long time ago and wasn't going to spend much on a course. This one fit the bill and proved to be what I needed. It's not an easy course but I got it all done online when I had a few hours here and there. It seems that most courses are online now, which makes sense. I've got no gripes with it at all and would go as far as say that I actually learnt a few things from it despite being in the game a fair whack of time. They do well to build up skills with quizzes and classroom situation questions which is a really useful idea. Great setup, nice staff who get back to me whenever I need them and just a reliable course with lots of know-how. For those with teaching experience it's comfortable. For those without any, I imagine you'd learn a fair whack. It's not for anyone trying to rush certificate training quickly (it's no khao san road!). Cheers TM team