Teaching internship & TEFL Certification (Thailand, Vietnam, Europe, China, India)

I would recommend gotoco as it gives you the opportunity to make connections with young people and travel for free. It is a really rewarding programme and gives you the opportunity to make a difference to young peoples lives as well as building on personal skills such as leadership and conversational skills. After the 3 weeks in summer camps you get to go on a 5 day cultural tour which is fully funded, which gave me the opportunity to travel to places I wouldn't have got the chance to otherwise.

Spending a month teaching in rural Thailand, learning about the culture, living with locals and teaching eager and open-minded children was a rewarding and eye-opening experience! The team at Gotoco and the support we received over the month in the rural schools were amazing. The great selling points, of course, are the 1 week before in Bangkok and the 1 week after in Kho Pha Ngan! I made many new friends and had the best time exploring and travelling. Really and truly such an unforgettable company and experience, I am so grateful to the team and to the hosts at the schools for allowing us to be a part of such a mindset-shifting cultural exchange programme. Many thanks <3

This is a funded programme organised by Gotoco. Gotoco has provided me with a chance to explore more about teaching while doing it in a country that I have never been to. I gained a lot especially in talking to students, and teaching English as a second/foreign language.I met a lot of new friends from different parts of the world when I was in Poland as well. After 3 weeks in teaching, Gotoco organised a cultural tour for us to explore more about Warsaw and Krakow. 10/10 would recommend it to those who are interested in teaching!

The 6 weeks I spent in Thailand were unforgettable. I enjoyed teaching in a rural school and living amongst the teachers and the locals. Without GOTOCO, I would have never had the opportunity to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime experience. I met so many incredible people on the program and had the best time exploring Thailand in the first training week and during the culture tour in Koh Phangan. I have built up a lot more confidence and independence and I have learned so much about Thailand and its culture. I struggled with the food that I was given during my teaching placement however, this was individual to my school and experience.

I have loved meeting new people and feel like I have come out of it with a great group of friends from across the UK. I have enjoyed teaching the students and have been able to see Bali in a way I would not have done if I travelled here for a holiday.

To say that the majority of the trip is free, it is definitely worth doing. Aside from the tesol course being quite time consuming when you're there, being able to travel and meet new people in a different country is a great opportunity to have.

Going to Colombia with Gotoco was a fantastic experience. I volunteered with the YMCA in Bogota to teach English and help with other opportunities like camps and translating. Gotoco was super helpful with everything and made the process very simple! And the program with the YMCA was great too. I loved having time to travel and got to know so much of Colombia in my free time. I practiced my Spanish and stayed with a host family, which helped me to get to know the country even better. It was the best experience of my life, and funded!! I highly recommend!

I went with Gotoco to Thailand in July 2022 for one month, specifically Kamphaeng Phet. It was a wonderful trip and I had the best time there! Not only do you stay in the school the whole time, you get plenty of time to explore much more of Thailand before you head off and at once you finish. The highlights for me are the rest of the people who came with me on this trip as well as the lovely teachers at our school. Everything is funded for and you get the chance to try lots of good food and meet many great people, from Thailand and from other U.K. universities too. Felt like an opportunity of a lifetime, highly recommended :))

Its a great opportunity to push yourself out of your comfort zone and discover a new country and culture. Its also free so accessible for people who dont have as much money to spend on trips like this otherwise. And teaching is an amazing experience which really allows you to get involved in local life. All the gotoco staff are great and supporting if you have any concerns and all the other students on the programme were lovely. The opportunity to have a week in Bangkok at the start and Koh Phangan at the end made the experience.