Which Online TEFL/TESOL/TESL Course?

1. TEFL Course Directory

Before choosing your TEFL course, we recommend checking the TEFL Course Directory to see where the program is listed in relation to other programs. The TEFL course industry is often corrupt, with some companies going to extraordinary lengths to promote fake positive reviews and hide legit negative reviews. Trusted TEFL Reviews - https://trustedteflreviews.com/ - is a non-profit website, so we can't be bought by any TEFL company and we never delete a review that has been vetted as coming from a reliable source (AKA a TEFL course graduate). The best-rated schools in the directory are top-rated for a legitimate reason.

2. TEFL Scams

You might be surprised to learn that outright TEFL scams are actually quite rare. However, grey areas exist whereby some TEFL programs lie, for example, about their accreditation status. Some TEFL companies have also gotten into the custom of charging their students hidden extras both during the course and upon completion. TEFL students and graduates contact us to let us know about this - to keep us updated on the latest grey area scams - and we always publish these warnings in the TEFL Scams section of the website.

3. TEFL Course Discounts

Trusted TEFL Reviews is a non-profit website. We are able to run the website without a commercial bent because we are a group of English teachers - made up of mostly American ex-pats - living in working in Vienna, Austria. We decided to start Trusted TEFL Reviews because all of us realized that we ran into the same sketchy behavior from TEFL companies when we were enrolling in our TEFL courses. It was, and still is our hope that we can clean up the TEFL industry - making it a more transparent industry.

Because of this ethical and moral commitment, we don't accept any payment from any TEFL companies.

The only (free) advertising allowed is granted to the winner of the Teachers' Choice Award - an annual prize that is awarded to the TEFL program with the most positive (verified) feedback from the previous year.

TEFL Course Discounts in 2022

4. Teachers' Choice Award

5. Best TEFL Articles

As well as publishing verified TEFL student reviews, we also publish TEFL-related articles - covering a wide range of subject matter.

Notable articles:

• 6 TEFL Red Flags | How To Spot Them

• Common TEFL Scams | What To Watch Out For

• ESL Job Exchange | 2022

• The downsides of purchasing online TEFL/TESOL certification courses for under $50

The above mentioned, and further TEFL-related articles can be viewed in the Best Featured TEFL Articles section of the website:

https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/best-featured-tefl-articles/

6. The 5 Best Online TEFL/TESOL courses to take in 2022

Based on verified TEFL student reviews, the following fully accredited TEFL programs have made it to the top 5:

1. TEFL Online Pro - https://teflonlinepro.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/pg/teflonlinepro/reviews/

2. OISE University of Toronto TEFL - https://teflonline.teachaway.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/pg/TEFLOnline/reviews/

3. CIEE TEFL - https://www.ciee.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/pg/CIEETEFL/reviews/

4. Maximo Nivel TEFL - https://maximonivel.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/maximumlevel/

5. Vantage TEFL Certification - https://www.englishatvantage.com/tefl-combined-class-thailand | https://www.facebook.com/pg/vantageTEFL/reviews/

7. TEFL Accreditation

There is legit TEFL accreditation, there is questionable TEFL accreditation, and there is made-up TEFL accreditation.

The top-rated schools on Trusted TEFL Reviews (with the exception of Vantage TEFL) are all Fully Accredited Online TEFL/TESOL certification course providers.

‘Fully Accredited‘ status is the highest form of accreditation.

Institutions providing Online TEFL programs Fully Accredited status include:

ACCET – Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training | https://accet.org/

ACTEFLC – Accreditation Council for Teaching English as a Foreign Language Courses | https://www.acteflc.com/

OISE – University of the Toronto Faculty of Education | https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/

TESL Canada | https://tesl.ca/

University of Cambridge’s English Language Assessment | https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/

To save yourself a whole load of wasted time and effort, we strongly recommend that you read the TEFL Accreditation Guide before parting ways with your hard-earned cash:

https://trustedteflreviews.com/tefl-accreditation-guide/

8. Currently, we have 47 Online TEFL/TESOL certification course programs listed

If you are viewing Trusted TEFL Reviews on a laptop computer, the list of course program categories widget is located on the right side of the page that you are viewing. If you are viewing on a smartphone, you will see the full list after the first 10 current TEFL course reviews postings. You can also view the complete list of Online TEFL/TESOL certification course programs in the TEFL Course Directory.

9. Add Your Listing/Post A Review!

It is free to list your Online TEFL/TESOL/TESL program on Trusted TEFL Reviews: https://trustedteflreviews.com/tefl-tesol-certification-courses-listings/

When submitting your TEFL course review, we allow you to use an alias - in case you experience a hostile reaction from the company that you are reviewing. You can submit your review here: https://trustedteflreviews.com/post-a-review/

10. Current TEFL programs that we recommend to avoid

1. ESLinsider TEFL. Why? ESLinsider TEFL is run by Ian Leahy and he has been accused of scamming students out of large sums of money: https://trustedteflreviews.com/2020/02/03/eslinsider-reviews-scam/ | https://www.eslinsider.com/

2. The TEFL Academy. Why? They claim to be accredited but appear to be only regulated by the organizations they claim accredit them: https://trustedteflreviews.com/2019/03/25/the-tefl-academy-certification-review/ | https://www.theteflacademy.com/

3. MyTEFL. Why? MyTEFL appears to operate under false accreditation pretenses: https://trustedteflreviews.com/2020/01/24/the-mytefl-com-scam/ | https://mytefl.com/

4. ITTT TEFL. Why? This company operates under multiple websites and it appears that they too operate under false accreditation pretenses: https://trustedteflreviews.com/2019/03/26/my-ittt-tefl-experience/ | https://www.teflcourse.net/

The reality of our position as co-owners of an unbiased TEFL course review website is that we are often pressured to delete negative reviews. This is something that we never do. Some TEFL companies view a negative review as an opportunity to further improve their product and service, and some TEFL companies view a negative review as an opportunity to try and deflect attention away from the reputable aspect of that review by trying to undermine the authority of Trusted TEFL Reviews.

When a TEFL company consistently acts inappropriately, we always call them out on their actions.

We invite you to read the verified TEFL student reviews on Trusted TEFL Reviews, to submit a review of your Online TEFL/TESOL course experience, and we welcome more vetted TEFL companies to add their listing to Trusted TEFL Reviews.

Mia Williams | co-owner | Trusted TEFL Reviews | https://trustedteflreviews.com/