LinguaEdge Review by Darshan Thakkar, November 11, 2008

I completed the LinguaEdge 50-hr TESOL course in September ‘08. I was completely satisfied with the course. The material was organized in a user-friendly fashion. In addition to the content knowledge, each unit also contained enrichment opportunities (dig deeper exercises). Topical discussions were clear, concise, and based on seminal and current research. The lesson planning and building activities were rooted in pedagogy and immediate usability. By the time I finished the course, I had already created and used six lesson plans with great success in my classroom. I have made the knowledge and skills I gained in this course a part of my regular teaching practice. This course was much better than any professional development training I have received in the last five years. My instructor was knowledgeable, prompt, and friendly. His advice and support helped me navigate the course smoothly. Every penny of this course is worth it. I HIGHLY recommend the 50-hr TESOL course at LinguaEdge.

LinguaEdge Review by Chris A, November 11, 2008

This course exceeded my expectations. It is a great feeling to take the course at your own pace and the course outline does a great job keeping you interested. I had not taken such an involved class for a few years and I saw a steady re-learning curve upward as I progressed through the lessons.

I would highly recommend this class to anyone looking for a TESOL Certification.

LinguaEdge Review by Mick, November 12, 2008

“The Lingua-Edge TESOL course has been a great learning experience from beginning to end. The course is easy to navigate through, even for non-computer people like myself. The learning modules are packed with useful information that gave me the luxury of moving through each unit at my own pace. My tutor was very helpful and surprisingly prompt, even though he is on the other side of the world and has a huge time difference. Often, he would reply in a matter of minutes!

I have had teaching experience before doing this course. But, doing this course has given me so much more knowledge, tools, resources, and confidence to continue into the ESL/EFL field. This course is a must for anyone teaching or thinking of teaching English to speakers of other languages.”

LinguaEdge Review by Jamie B, December 5, 2008

“I was delightfully surprised at the high quality of the online course. The material was engaging, well presented, relevant, informative and interactive. The course content and assignments were concise and well structured to reinforce learning throughout. I found this course to be useful, informative and even a bit of fun. I would recommend this course to anyone considering a TESOL qualification.”

LinguaEdge Review by Simon Parnell-Hopkinson, April 2, 2009

I took the 50-hour course this year (2009) and can’t recommend it highly enough.
The first thing to understand is that it will take you more than 50-hours to properly study and complete the course! But that is a good thing, as far as I’m concerned.
This was the first “online” course I’ve taken and I was very impressed with every aspect, including the overall design and style, module content, video segments, tutor support and ease of use of the LinguaEdge TESOL certificate.
One feature that I think is important to grasp is that you can fit the course around your daily life, and as a practicing teacher of 5 years, living and working in Japan, this was a massive incentive to try an online study program.
Drawbacks? No major ones… You do need to discipline yourself to study daily, if possible (though it’s not necessary) and making detailed notes is vital to get the most from the course - but when approached correctly, I think “online life-long study” should be part of everyone’s aims for self-improvement and development.

LinguaEdge Review by Rita Ribeiro, September 4, 2009

For anyone needing training and certification for Teaching English, I would highly recommend this course. There was a good balance of theory and practice. I was actually surprised but very pleased that there were so many practical issues addressed and ideas given for being a better teacher. I found the material to be very professionally put together, with a variety of interactive activities, online research opportunities and speedy feedback on all our assignments. The things I’ve learned will help to improve my teaching skills, be useful for fellow teachers, and the nationals I train.

LinguaEdge Review by Charles, November 29, 2009

I had enrolled in the 50 hour online TEFL course through Linguaedge.com. The course is very innovative compared to other TESOL courses that I have personally seen. The course is very in depth with each Unit providing extensive information regarding each specific topic. I will say that the only negatives I came across was the course language itself is pretty intensive and will take awhile to understand. I feel this course is useful to an extent. I had completed 16 Units when I had the feeling that is basically a self taught TEFL instead of one taught by a Tutor. I hadn’t received a reply from the Tutor unless it was about upgrading the certificate. The upgrade included phonology, vocabulary, and grammar. I asked the Tutor somethings about phonology and he quickly replied he didn’t know and just enroll in the upgrade course. When I told him that I enrolled in the course to obtain feedback because my previous course Tutor didn’t provide enough feedback he quickly decided to refund my course. Overall, I would state the course material is intensive, stimulating , and highly interactive. The Tutor on the other hand doesn’t have a background in teaching English. I decided to check out Maselle Career College and checked for his name. It list his credentials which fail to mention anything in regards to teaching English. If you are looking for a quality certificate where basically you are self taught this is the one for you. If you are looking to receive feedback from a Tutor I would have to say look elsewhere. I had mixed feelings to this program because the language is very intense unlike other TEFL Course and this can cause some problems for the learner. I did on the other hand receive very high scores in the high 90’s due to my background in teaching English. I was hoping to expand my current knowledge but quickly decided to pull the plug on this program due to the lack of feedback from the Tutor.

LinguaEdge Review by Dennis, December 27, 2009

I just completed the 50 hour linguaedge program, and like the others above, I was surprisingly impressed with the quality of the content and the course design.

Taught me a lot, and am now very confident in my ability to translate what I learnt into a class room situation.

I expect to do a lot more on-job training and professional development in the future, but as a starter this was ideal.