Great experience This was a great experience, both the online course and the onsite course through Maximo Nivel. The onsite course gave me the TEFL content and great support from the adviser. The onsite course gave me the practical experience I was looking for. Highly recommend this program

Excellent Course The 120 hour course was very well done. Everything about the course and the personnel felt very professional. Having taught ESL for one year before taking this course, I can attest that this course covers all the important aspects of teaching ESL/EFL, and will thoroughly equip you. I am far more equipped now, and more confident in going forward with pursuing future ESL/EFL job opportunities. The feedback from my tutor was always prompt and helpful. And the administrative staff was always quick to resolve any technical issues or questions I had with the course. I highly recommend this course to anyone considering teaching ESL/EFL.

Not what was expected The materials, including videos and written modules, were old. Many of the reference materials and links to resources either did not work or were obsolete - companies were no longer in business or the website was different. I'd recommend this is you are in a hurry to get a cert to teach but if you are really looking for something to augment your career as a teacher, look somewhere else.

TEFLOnline: Essay, Simple, and Straightfoward Taking the TEFLOnline tests was actually a fine experience. I was able to work at my own pace, read what I needed, and do whatever what was necessary according to my own schedule. The packet I bought allowed me 3 months to finish, but this was more than enough time. The readings were also informative and straight to the point, and the quizzes try to help the learner rather than trick them. Some of the essay questions were a bit redundant, though. However, a few of the essay questions prompted me to make my own lesson plan, and this really aided me in my training to becoming an ESL instructor (I have kept the lesson plans I made for this test--very helpful!). Generally, I had a positive experience with TEFLOnline, and have in fact recommended it to a few of my friends to check out. The readings are fast, simple, and clear, the quizzes do not attempt to trick you, and the essays help you think critically about the material. If anything, it was a fun-come-home-from-work-to-do-activity for me since I knew that passing the test would also benefit me far into the future. Recommended!!

helping students find jobs I think this job website should be available to students who successfully completed their course and acquired their certificates. This was promised to me before I paid for my course, this is one of the reasons why I chose this school. I was promised that the school would help me with my job search, But this promise never materialized, because I cannot access my student information any longer from the school website. This student information should be available to students who passed their course and acquired their certificate all the time. I was able to view that web site but was too busy with my course and thought I could access it after I completed my course, but was very mistaken, when I completed this course I could not go back and access any information at all, not even how well or how rotten I did in my lessons. I think the school should keep their promises to their students. I loved the course and the teachers or instructors, I loved all the people that were involved with my course, but would like to see this job website and have access to it all the time I want to as I was promised.