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

4.6 Rating 9,960 Reviews

94 %

of reviewers recommend The TEFL Org

4.6

Based on 9,960 reviews

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Communication Channels	Email, Live Chat, Telephone
Queries Resolved In	6 - 12 Hours
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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“The site says I still have one assignment to grade and am not completed. It was submitted more than 5 days ago. That submittal was pursuing to incorrect grading of previous submittal as being exactly like the one before it, which it was not. So it has been somewhat longer.”

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Posted 1 week ago

Hi there, Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm sorry to hear there was a delay in your course updating - the best way forward would have been to contact the customer service team who can help look into any issues. However I see this was already resolved and you have received your certificate. Congratulations on completing your course! Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 1 week ago

“The educational staff needs to remember the students can be from any age group. What one might say to a young student may not be the same response to a much older student. The course material was challenging, but it was great. Perfect review of grammar. Thanks for the vote of confidence and I’m looking forward to this next chapter.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Hi Jamar, We really appreciate you sharing your perspective on teaching learners of different ages. You’re absolutely right that approaches can vary depending on the student, and it’s helpful for us to hear that feedback. We’re also glad to hear you found the course challenging in a positive way and that the grammar review stood out for you. Best of luck as you move into the next chapter of your TEFL journey. Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 1 week ago

“I was very disappointed in the grading standards of this course. I felt like, even though I demonstrated a deep understanding of the assigned material, my assignments were still failed, simply because the execution was unorthodox. I believe the grading system the tutors used was not focused on ensuring students learn the material and can use it effectively, but that they’re able to use it exactly how everyone else does, without any flexibility. The information provided throughout the videos and such was very helpful to my understanding of the course, however.”

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Posted 1 month ago

Hi Braxton, Thank you for sharing your experience. We’re sorry to hear that you were not happy with our grading process. Our tutors do have to follow strict marking procedures so that we meet our accreditors high standards. I’ll certainly pass your feedback along to them. Should you have any further questions or concerns please don't hesitate to get back in touch! Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 1 month ago

“Hello friends, It's my pleasure to grab a chance learn this course, amusing. However, I have some comments about this course. Overall, this course rated above average but there is something can improve, the affluent assignment content involved inside , as the time limited count is narrow, if it is actual practise in class, it can't finish every session on time, I really enjoyed the grammar and sentence structure part. Thanks. Also, last week, there's is some mistakes on my TEFL cert, Kindly correct it at your earliest convenience. My Correct name is Serena Lim, changed it and send it via email.( Yee is middle name only ) Have a nice day. Warm regards Serena Lim”

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Posted 2 months ago

Hi Serena, Thank you for your feedback. We’re glad you enjoyed tour course. We’ll certainly pass your comments about the assignment content and time constraints to our content team to consider adjustments for more practical pacing. Regarding your TEFL certificate, please email info@tefl.org and they can help further with this. Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 2 months ago

“I found the courses in the 120-hour course to be a little lacking in depth, especially after the grammar course. The grammar course had much more engagement and less samples. I felt that was missing from the methodology courses. I very much would have liked to see sample lessons for the large class and online teaching.”

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Posted 2 months ago

Hi there, Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry to hear you felt the later modules lacked depth. We’ll pass this on to our content team and explore adding more sample lessons for large classes and online teaching to complement the methodology sections. If you’d like, we can point you to additional resources or tailor recommendations to your teaching goals. Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 2 months ago

“There was a number of typos throughout the course and there was also an issue with one my exams saying the correct answer was wrong, I had to contact support for this and it took almost a week to sort because the email replies were so slow. Long with that I felt the emails weren't actually being read properly, that's based on the responses I was receiving. In the end I had to call support as I was not getting anywhere over email and this delayed my completion by a week. My tutor Angie didn't have access to the course which is not her fault, but I found that a bit odd. She was very helpful otherwise and I thought her feedback was always very constructive.”

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Posted 3 months ago

Hi Sarah, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us! We apologise for the issues you experienced with typos throughout the course and the confusion surrounding your exam. It's disappointing to hear that our email support didn’t meet your needs promptly- normally replies are within 24-business hours so we'd like to investigate this further - please feel free to reach out to our team at info@tefl.org. We’ll make sure to address these concerns to enhance our communication and streamline our support process. We're glad to hear that Angie was helpful and provided constructive feedback, even if she didn't have course access. Our tutors are there to mark course assignments, so any system related questions would need to be through the above customer service team. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors! Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 3 months ago

“Overall felt the course was good and I certainly found the TEFL staff I contacted to be friendly and helpful. There are a few mistakes in the course work - the odd typo, stray comma, transcription missing, etc - that I thought was a bit odd, given it's a course to teach us to teach English! I wished I'd kept a note of these as I went through the modules but it didn't occur to me until I was a good way through so no time to go back.”

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Posted 4 months ago

Hi Georgia, Thank you for your review! We’re pleased to hear you found our course enjoyable and our team friendly and helpful. We really appreciate your feedback, and we’re always working to ensure our content is as accurate and polished as possible. It’s great that overall you found the course valuable, and we hope it continues to support you as you develop your teaching skills. Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team.

Posted 4 months ago

“I recently completed the TEFL Org 120-hour course (with tutor Alex Semakin) and did receive my certificate in the end, but I feel it’s important to share some of the challenges I encountered along the way. The course itself is affordable (I paid 180 euros with a “September discount”), and the structure is straightforward. However, my main concern lies with the feedback process. Much of the feedback I received seemed to be based on AI detection tools rather than the tutor’s own professional evaluation. My last assignments were flagged as “AI-generated” simply because they were polished or included standard activities such as wrap-up feedback, which was frustrating as these are widely used teaching practices. At times, the comments felt generic and repetitive, offering little concrete guidance on how to improve. As someone with a background in writing and education, I take pride in the quality of my work, so it was disheartening to be told my work was “too polished” to be genuine. I believe students deserve constructive, personalised feedback that recognises their effort rather than automatic assumptions of misconduct. That being said, I did complete the programme and achieve certification, and the course material itself can be useful if approached independently. My hope is that TEFL Org will take steps to improve the feedback system—ensuring tutors rely more on their teaching expertise than on AI tools, and that feedback is specific, encouraging, and tailored to each student. In conclusion, the qualification is achievable, but the learning experience would be greatly improved if the feedback process became more human, supportive, and focused on helping students grow.”

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Posted 4 months ago

Hi there, Thank you for sharing your detailed review. We’re glad to hear you successfully completed the 120-hour course and received your certificate, and we appreciate your honest feedback about the learning experience. It’s great to know you found the course structure straightforward and the materials useful. We also take your comments about the feedback process seriously. Our tutors aim to provide personalised guidance, and it’s important to us that feedback is constructive, encouraging, and tailored to each student. We’ll review your points carefully to ensure our approach continues to support students’ growth while reflecting their effort and professional standards. Thank you again for taking the time to share your experience - it helps us improve and ensures future students get the most out of their TEFL training. The TEFL Org Team.

Posted 4 months ago

“The course was overall very well structured, but at times I felt that some exercises could have benefited from clearer and more detailed explanations. I also believe it would be helpful to provide guidance on how to create lesson sequences that include multiple lesson plans for each level. This way, teachers know exactly where to begin and how to progress with each student. Finally, it would be a great addition to include a PDF syllabus summarizing everything covered in the course, along with more supplementary resources.”

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Posted 4 months ago

Hi there, Thank you for your review and valuable feedback! We’re pleased to hear that you found our course well-structured, and we appreciate your suggestions regarding clearer explanations for exercises and guidance. Your input is essential as we strive to enhance the learning experience for all our students. Please note though that you can certainly download all your course work as a PDF, and we also offer additional resources - please feel free to reach out to us to discuss this further. Wishing you all the best in your teaching endeavors! Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 4 months ago

“I did complete the full 120 hours of lessons, but I don’t feel that I came away with knowledge as solid as the amount of time would suggest. Even though there was a lot of content, it was delivered in a boring way. The course was not very interactive, so a lot of things just slipped by. Of course, many topics had to be covered, and maybe that was the issue. Especially, the audio lessons with students were too long and often very boring :(”

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Posted 5 months ago

Hi there, Thank you for sharing your honest feedback. We’re sorry to hear that you found parts of the course less engaging, particularly the audio lessons. We aim to cover a wide range of essential topics in a clear and practical way, but we appreciate that different learning styles respond differently to various formats. We’re glad you completed the full 120 hours, and we hope you can still take the knowledge gained forward as you begin your teaching journey. The TEFL Org Team.

Posted 5 months ago

“It's a good start if you're looking for jobs abroad.”

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Posted 6 months ago

Hi there, Thank you for your review! We’re glad to hear you found our program to be a good starting point for finding jobs abroad. Best of luck in your job search, and we hope you have a rewarding experience teaching abroad! Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 6 months ago

“The course material was good, but I had a rather negative experience with my tutor. She accused me of using AI on an assignment, and after I insisted it was my own work, she proceeded to fail all of my assignments repeatedly for weeks for minor errors. I searched about the website for a way to contact the company for a new tutor, but could not find a feedback contact option that did not go by way of my tutor. This was a petty waste of my time, and I would like to see more professinalism in future. My tutor was Alex.”

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Posted 6 months ago

Hi there, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We’re very sorry to hear about your experience, and we understand how frustrating this must have been for you. We always aim to provide a supportive and professional learning environment. Your feedback will be passed on to the relevant team so we can review what happened. We truly appreciate you taking the time to bring this to our attention - if you would still like to discuss changing your tutor simply reach out to the customer service team at info@tefl.org - they will be happy to help! Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team.

Posted 6 months ago

“Most of the lessons were well written and they helped me learn, but when it came to written assignments they want such specific information for lesson plans that was difficult to do in the word count limit, or wasn’t well explained in the directions.”

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Posted 6 months ago

Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re glad to hear you found most of the lessons well written and helpful. We appreciate your comments about the written assignments and the lesson plan requirements — we’ll make sure to pass these on to our course development team for review. Our aim is always to ensure directions are clear, so your input is valuable in helping us improve. Thank you again, and we wish you all the best in your teaching journey! The TEFL Org Team.

Posted 6 months ago

“I considered the Grammar and some of the Presntation modules to be invaluable. There was some of the methodology that I considered to be cumbersome and inefficient when it comes to best devivery and learning outcomes. However I realise this course was designed for classes of multiple differing foreign language students and not so much students of the same ethnic background, where starting with a phrase or words in their own language can be greatly benificial to understanding and respectful in two way learning and communication. The certificate that states it is a 120 hour course, I feel is a bit of a put down/ let down. The amount of hours taken or guestimated to be taken is not a reflection of ones personal abilities and reeks a bit of university educated snobbery that undermines those of broad life experience in the vocational education training sector. I am keen now to get into the serious business of teaching English and very happy to be starting teaching young people with fresh minds and perspectives. I hope later to combine my life skills to teach Maritime English to Seafarers and I have already started practising teaching ships officers of foreign nationalities that need to be conversant in English for safe navigation amd communication purposes. The Singapore straits traffic being one prime example. I haven't gotten back to your feedback, forum or career/ employment opportunities pages yet and hope I still have access. Thank you it has been for me a great proggessive learning experience. Kind regards, David Rainbow.”

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Posted 6 months ago

Hi David, Thank you for your detailed review! We’re glad to hear you found the Grammar and Presentation modules invaluable. Your insights on the methodology are appreciated, and we understand how it can be shaped by the diverse backgrounds of students. As for the certificate, we understand that the stated course hours don’t always reflect the full picture of someone’s background or ability. The 120-hour label is what is widely recognised and expected by employers world-wide as a minimum standard, rather than a reflection of individual experience - so we’re proud to support people from all walks of life in stepping into TEFL with confidence. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors! Warm regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 6 months ago

“I found the content challenging and a great refresher for terms and concepts I had forgotten about. However, this course did not do a great job teaching how to write a lesson plan. What would have been more effective is to show the lesson plan in conjunction with the video. I also wish there was more diversity with the skill level of the videos. It was the same group for most of the videos, whom I thought had a pretty good grasp on English. But again, telling us what level those groups were would have been helpful.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Hi Lindsay, Thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear that you found the content challenging and a helpful refresher. Your suggestions regarding the lesson planning component are noted, and we understand how this may have improved your experience. Regarding the diversity of skill levels in the videos, we appreciate your input and will consider it as we work on future content. If you have any other thoughts or questions, feel free to reach out. We’re here to help! Best wishes, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 9 months ago

“I did a TEFL course in order to get access to certain job vacancies I hadn't seen anywhere else. I passed the course (teaching neurodiverse students), which I found interesting and useful. I'm sure it will be a useful addition to my CV. However, the job vacancy I am less happy with. I want to teach during my summer break in Ukraine or Poland and have secured a couple of short engagements in Poland outside of TEFL.org. The TEFL.org vacancy shown for a summer camp has 3 different ways to contact them and they have not replied on any of them. As I have not seen this camp advertised anywhere else, I am starting to think that it doesn't exist. Certainly, other places at least have the courtesy to send you a 'thanks, but no thanks' email or indeed an automatically generated 'Don't call us, we'll call you' reply. In this case, zero. Can you please confirm whether this vacancy is indeed a genuine offer?”

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Posted 9 months ago

Hi Anthony, Thank you for sharing your experience with us! We’re pleased to hear that you found the TEFL course interesting and useful. We're sorry to hear about the lack of response regarding the job vacancy you inquired about. We understand how frustrating that can be! Unfortunately, we simply post jobs on behalf of employers, so we are not associated with any employer direct. If you are having any issues contacting an employer, or finding their website, please reach out to the team at jobs@tefl.org, and they can help you further. We're here to help you as best as we can! Best wishes, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 9 months ago

“The course is easy to take online, I like the mix of text, instructional videos and teaching videos and the self paced set up. I also liked that I could retake a test if my score was too low. However I felt the Methodology course is outdated, and I did not think I learned how to teach online 1 to 1 even after I specifically asked about that before I bought the course. In addition I found a few errors when I Googled answers that I didn't understand. I have taught public school (many years ago) and have been tutoring ESL online for 3 years and I do not think I learned anything to help me improve my teaching and increase my students' fluency.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Hi Cynthia, Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on the course. We’re glad to hear that you appreciated the online format and flexibility, as well as the option to retake tests for better scores. We’re sorry to hear that you found the Methodology course to be outdated and that it didn’t meet your expectations. Your feedback is important to us, and we will certainly take it into consideration as we continually update our materials. If you’d like to discuss your experiences further or have any specific queries, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re here to help! Best regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 9 months ago

“I felt the tutor was a bit over the top with the word limit and grading feedback for assignments”

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Posted 10 months ago

Thank you for your review! We're glad you found the course valuable. We appreciate the feedback about the grading system used but be sure that your tutor is there to help you with the assignments and provide help and assistance with these to help you with passing these as part of the course. If you have further thoughts or questions, please feel free to reach out! Best regards, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 10 months ago

“TEFL org is a great tool for learning. Though my one problem is that I still havent gotten my certificate for the 120 Hour class even though I finished it a long while back. Please assist”

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Posted 10 months ago

Hi Poloka, Thank you for your 3-star review and for sharing your experience with us. We're glad to hear that you found the TEFL Org a great tool for learning! We’re sorry to hear about the delay in receiving your certificate for the 120-hour class. This is not the experience we want for our students, and we’re here to help you resolve this as soon as possible. Please reach out to our support team directly so we can assist you promptly. Best wishes, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 10 months ago

“This course was okay overall. I found the content to be helpful as a general overview of how to teach with the TEFL method. There were opportunities to upgrade and purchase more in depth content for different teaching areas. I would have rated this higher except my homework was an issue. The lesson planning was hard and while I passed those assignments, I still do not truly feel like I understand the correct methodology. The assignments were given feedback and it seemed like there was so much incorrect that I don't know why they would have passed.”

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Posted 10 months ago

Hi there, Thank you for your 3-star review! We're glad to hear you found the content helpful and appreciate your feedback regarding assignments. We understand that grasping the correct methodology can be challenging, and we strive to provide clear guidance. Your comments about the feedback and overall experience will be looked into further. If you have any other areas you need assistance with, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We're here to support you on your TEFL journey. Best wishes, The TEFL Org Team

Posted 10 months ago

The TEFL Org is rated 4.6 based on 9,960 reviews