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Name: The TEFL Org
Address: Suite Number 4, 8 Church Street, Inverness, Highland
Rating: 4.59

4.6 Rating 9,967 Reviews

94 %

of reviewers recommend The TEFL Org

4.6

Based on 9,967 reviews

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Customer Service	4.5 out of 5

About The TEFL Org:

Established in 2008, The TEFL Org is the UK's most experienced and accredited TEFL course provider offering classroom, online & combined TEFL courses.

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The TEFL Org 5 star review on 14th May 2025

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Concepts like “discovering meaning”, for example, are so difficult to teach and communicate to begin with that to have to write a lesson plan illustrating these points without the benefit of verbal words, or actual body language seems near impossible from the outset. To then have to spend a great effort editing down to an absurdly small (and seemingly arbitrary) word count number for lesson plan assignments becomes salt on a wound… This leads me to my second observation: something as simple as a 5-minute conversation with the course tutor (by zoom, phone etc), perhaps as part of a scheduled ‘office hours’ time block, could easily solve this problem. No doubt your business model and price point lead you to keep tutor interaction time to an absolute minimum, but I think I would look to one of the more expensive courses out there if I had to do this over again. Third issue: very little was said about proficiency levels, level testing etc. Even just a page or module with a list of links to specific websites that detail this info would have been very helpful. Teaching students that are specifically trying to prepare for the TOEFL for example seems like an unavoidable part of TEFL teaching and I don't feel I learned much of anything about the subject...”

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Posted 2 years ago

Hi Paul, Thank you for posting a review and we’re sorry to hear that your experience was not of the quality you expected. Our tutors do certainly follow a strict structure which ensures that our courses continue to meet the accreditation criteria. They can also be contacted at any time by their students, where they ensure that any questions are answered within 48-hours. We do also provide advanced courses for teachers looking to specialise in delivering IELTS, etc, lessons. Thank you again for your review and please feel free reach out to info@tefl.org with any further comments, concerns, or suggestions you wish to share.

Posted 2 years ago

“I did not learn much from the program, but I have prior classroom experience. I wish there were other options, more practice producing, and less work on intuitive/obvious multiple choice questions and videos. Maybe different types of assessments would be more beneficial, but it would require an internal restructuring of tutor grading, among other alterations. But, maybe the method is fine and it’s me who got annoyed/bored and just wanted something different than the chapter final ‘projects’ that were easier and more reductive than what I was doing at my job.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Thanks for your feedback, Garrison! We are sorry that your experience at TEFL Org didn’t match your expectations. I will certainly pass on your feedback regarding this. We are also here if you ever have any questions of further comments, so please don't hesitate to reach out!

Posted 2 years ago

“Overall the course was easy to follow and straight forward. I was not really pleased with the tutor support I received. There was one assignment that I needed clarity on when it came to my feedback and I felt like I didn't get it at all. I was given the same feedback each time which I clearly didn't understand. In the end I had to ask a friend to help me understand who had taken the course a couple of months back.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Hi Amy, Thank you for your review! At The TEFL Org, we work hard to ensure our customers have the best experience. We understand how important it is to have quick and friendly service, this is why our tutors are available to be contacted at any time if you struggle to understand their feedback. If you ever need any help with anything, don't hesitate to reach out - we're always here to help!

Posted 2 years ago

“Mostly good but lesson videos are too long. By that I mean the half an hour ones”

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Posted 2 years ago

Hi Kate, Thanks so much for the feedback about The TEFL Org! Your feedback regarding our videos is very much appreciated as this helps us to improve our courses further. Thanks again!

Posted 2 years ago

“I like the method, the structure and the content of the course. The videos showing real classes were very helpful. I think the method is however pushed a bit too religiously in the tutors’ feedback and felt a bit like a straight jacket. Although I believe having a method and a structure is extremely important, there is a risk of suffocating the creativity and dynamics of the teaching so I suggest to aim for more balance.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Hi Vendula, Thank you for your feedback on this course. Our tutors do certainly follow a strict structure which ensures that our courses continue to meet the accreditation criteria. As the most accredited TEFL course provider in the UK it means that schools all around the world know a TEFL Org qualified teacher will be a great asset to them. Thanks again for your review and all the best with your TEFL career!

Posted 2 years ago

“The program was easy enough to follow however the Methodology course was very confusing. I feel that the course was not explained well and the answers to the test questions were not available within the text, as asked. Throughout the course, it seemed that examples were vague and meant to confuse, therefore causing repeated reviews and attempts at the testing. It was as if they did not want you to succeed. I found grammar errors and miss spelled words throughout the course and in the tests. Granted some of these are due to American English vs UK English. I feel that the course went to extremes when it came to grammar structure. I am an American with a BA degree in Education, and a Master's in Business and there were things in this course that I had never seen. Not that it was incorrect but it was to the extreme when teaching English.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Sue, Thanks for sharing your review with us. There are certainly many differences between American English and British English. We therefore provide both versions for our 120-hour course depending on the students requirements. Our courses are designed by TEFL teachers who have decades of experience, so they know what is needed to teach around the world and/or online to EFL students. Although we know qualified teachers have no issues completing the course, ESL does have certain nuances, that you may not necessarily have covered in your other teaching/studying. Your feedback is very much appreciated as this helps us to improve our courses further. We wish you the very best of luck in your TEFL journey!

Posted 2 years ago

“TEFL is a great course but one that somewhat feels hollow. The examples are vague and the demonstration videos aren't entirely helpful. The descriptions also require more depth. When one assignments feel like it's worth accomplishing the other two feel like a filler assignment that holds no real value. A great course if you're a beginner beginner. But if you came from a background of the more modern-day schooling this course is no use to you. It's the same "discover this" when all the students really want is for you to tell them what "Past Continuous" is.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I am pleased to have achieved the 120hr course. I started with energy and enthusiasm. I then found the course to be video overload. Particularly the lessons, perhaps this is because I am a trained primary teacher. The assessments were reviewed quickly and tutor contact and response was almost immediate. Some of the quizzes were very basic. I did feel like the course was very drawn out but I did it. Thank you and sorry to not be positive.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Claire, Thank you for your review. We are sorry that your experience at TEFL Org didn’t match your expectations. Normally we receive excellent reviews from new and experienced teachers, so I will certainly pass along your feedback to our team who will always aim to improve our courses further. For our quizzes, these are there as an aid to refresh what was learned in each module, so these are not assessed in the same way as the assignments. The tutors do have to mark and provide feedback within 48-hours as well, and these markings also have to meet high accreditation standards, so you can be sure these were assessed correctly. Thanks again for your feedback, and we wish you the very best of luck in your TEFL journey!

Posted 3 years ago

“To the point with helpful example videos - some course elements are very limited and are maybe a bit deceiving in their premium content. The grammar course and methodology course are the only courses really worth doing; along with the online workshop-esque course(s).”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi, Thanks for sharing your review with us. Our courses are designed and created by experienced TEFL teachers who have spent decades in the business. All elements of our courses are not only essential to becoming a great TEFL teacher but they also ensure that we meet the strict accreditation criteria set by our accreditors. If you ever have any questions regarding this, please don't hesitate to get in touch. We wish you the very best of luck in your TEFL journey!

Posted 3 years ago

“The course was interesting and refreshing, giving some ideas how to organize a class better. I was disappointed with a fact that there was no direct contact with a tutor, I had some questions that I could not discuss to find an answer.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi, Thank you for your review. Our students can certainly contact their tutor direct. When you first sign up you will have received an email from your tutor who you could have contacted at any time during the course. There is also a contact form on the course account that enables students to send their questions direct to their tutor. If you ever have any questions regarding this, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the customer service team who will be happy to help.

Posted 3 years ago

“Good morning. Overall the course was helpful and informative. I enjoyed the information. However, the grammar section was very disappointing. There were several mistakes, such calling a predicate nominative a direct object and calling an object of the preposition an indirect object. Furthermore, there is over-reliance on using apostrophes. When writing, writing everything out is best. Then there is no confusion. For instance, is he'd run he would run or he had run? Just write it out. In addition, one assignment, I believe it was the past continuous interrupted lesson plan, was on a subject not taught. Perhaps I missed the information on past continuous interrupted even though I looked for it in the lessons a few times before writing the paper. Perhaps someone can go through the content of the courses and make the necessary corrections?”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi, Thanks for your review. I will certainly pass your feedback on to our TEFL tutors. Please feel free to reach out to info@tefl.org with any further comments, concerns, or suggestions you wish to share.

Posted 3 years ago

“It's good for a quick qualification but not if you actually are looking for help trying to understand English grammar. So many complicated grammatical structures were skimmed over with a few sentences and then you had a quiz. When I finally reached out for help because I was really struggling with understanding and identifying the subject, participle, object, and verb in complex sentences, my tutor just sent an email 2 days later that said "good to hear from you" with an extremely unhelpful youtube video.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Michelle, Thank you for posting a review and we’re sorry to hear that your experience was not of the quality you expected. English grammar is such a vast subject that we wouldn't be able to cover it all on a TEFL course and provide lessons on teaching methodologies. Our team therefore ensure that as much of the basics are covered as possible while your tutor will have offered advice on grammar resources to help further. Our tutors will always ensure they reply to any questions within 48-hours. If you feel that the video was not of help you can also reach out to your tutor to ask for more support on this, or contact our team at support@tefl.org at any time. We will be happy to help with any questions you may have.

Posted 3 years ago

“Ok course. The assignments can be quite misleading and the feedback can be very confusing. I failed one assignment and took the feedback on board, changed my answer and submitted it. Only to be told I had done it wrong and needed to pay attention to the feedback...??? Also some of the quiz questions are subjective which I found extremely frustrating. There is no guidance in the forum and I couldn't find a way to contact my tutor. All in all its an OK course. You get what you pay for.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi, Thank you for your review. We are sorry that your experience at TEFL Org didn’t match your expectations. I will certainly pass along your feedback regarding these assignments. You would have received an email from your tutor when you first enrolled on the course, so you could have certainly emailed them with any questions regarding their feedback. You could also have reached out to the support team or customer service team with any questions, as we are always happy to help support our students through their course. Thanks again for your feedback, and if you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Posted 3 years ago

“I really enjoyed this course but the only thing I’d say is the directions on assignments need to be more clear. Some assignments where quiet misleading! My tutor provided great feedback and made sure I understood the assignment if I didn’t get it correct the first time.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Denim, Thanks for sharing your review with us. I will certainly pass along your feedback to our team. We wish you the very best of luck in your TEFL journey!

Posted 3 years ago

“There is a lot of content in the course. However, I do not feel that I learned much from this course.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi, Thanks for sharing your review with us. I'm very sorry to hear that. We normally receive great feedback about our courses helping students go on to teach around the world. Please feel free to reach out to info@tefl.org with any further comments, concerns, or suggestions you wish to share.

Posted 3 years ago

“The given information provides you with a lot of resources to implement in your practice as a teacher. You also go over a huge grammar review that’s always good! Some videos are a bit too long and you cannot download them as it’s supposed you could.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Professor took forever to answer and would never give full answers, only short and very brief.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Medeea, Thank you for your review. We can certainly see that your tutor replied within the 48-hours they are given. I'm sorry to hear that you didn't feel the feedback was detailed enough. You do certainly have the option to contact your tutor direct with any additional questions. Thank you for your feedback. If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Posted 3 years ago

“I thought the review was supposed to be about the particular course that I have done, not about the TEFL Org in general. I found the "How to promote your online lessons" course very shallow. It barely covers how to promote, it mostly covers social media apps and tools, which we all know about. Moreover, the majority of the media suggested that are not the best for the purpose.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Olga, Thank you for your review. I will certainly pass on your feedback, as we will always look to improve our courses further.

Posted 3 years ago

“The quality overall was ok. As an individual with prior teaching experience content wise the pedagogy was sound. Tutor feedback was simple and accurate. Video and audio quality could be improved upon significantly. Particularly the sound balancing which was at times poor. Also, the two primary actors/presenters for most of the content were a touch patchy in their delivery, an issue made all the more apparent by the sudden improved presentation in found in the Telephone Teaching course due to personnel change. A final comment. A proof reader needs to go through the course text again. At times the text is in American English and at other British English and in the most egregious example (Methodology Unit 4 Module 17 of 31) both forms used within the same sentence. Along with, multiple other typos, this apparent lack of standardisation doesn’t give the best impression given the subject matter at hand.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi, Thanks for sharing your review with us. I will certainly pass on your feedback regarding these suggestions, as we will always look to improve our courses further. We wish you all the best in your TEFL career!

Posted 3 years ago

“Thank you for the information in the course. I jut would like you to add assignments in the form of video or audio (for those who don't like to show their faces). For the online course, PowerPoint assignments would be good. Thank you again.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Fatima, Thank you for your review. I will certainly pass on your feedback to the team. If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Posted 3 years ago

The TEFL Org is rated 4.6 based on 9,967 reviews