Best TEFL community around the globe

At The Language House you will get a very thorough, high quality teaching education. The course is intensive, and rather difficult, because the tutors prepare you for teaching at varying levels, and help you create organic lesson plans. The practicums are an essential part of this; the opportunity to teach small groups of students each day, and to receive individualized feedback is incredibly helpful. I remain very satisfied with the level of education that TLH provided. In my experience, they provide a more comprehensive education that other language houses, which makes the transition to the job market much easier.

Where TLH absolutely blew me away was with community support. The network you become part of as a TLH alum is an amazing resource, for teachers working in or outside of Prague. TLH alum can give guidance and aid in getting a job anywhere in the world.

In Prague, the TLH staff are incredible, and the lengths TLH owner Chris Westergaard goes to are amazing. For example, during my time in Prague (2015-2016) people were finding it difficult to get apartments once the course ended. Chris realized this was becoming a problem, and created a network within TLH to help new teachers find accommodation more easily. Since then, he's also communicated with several of the large language schools in Prague regarding raising their base teaching wage, because he feels it has not increased enough in recent years. These are both things well beyond his purview as a TELF teaching school owner, but Chris cares about the community and does what he can to support his alum. The social network is also great, with alum hosting day trips around CZ, meeting for beers once per month, etc. The expat community in Prague is pretty great generally, but the TLH community is amazing, and Chris Westergaard will have your back long after you finish the course.

TL;DR: If you want to teach ESL abroad, study at The Language House. You won't regret it.