Submission Guidelines

In order to be published, reviews submitted to TEFL Course Review must comply with the following guidelines:

  1. Reviews must be written by students who have completed the course.

    2. Please do not submit a review until you have completed all components of the course (all modules, tests, and practicum if applicable, etc).

  2. Reviews must NOT be written by an employee.

    3. Current or former employees of an institution, even if the employee has completed the course in question, may not submit a course review.

  3. Reviews must NOT be submitted from the school’s campus.

    4. Please submit your review from your home, workplace, or other off-campus location.

  4. Reviewers must submit their own review.

    5. Reviews submitted on behalf of another person will not be accepted.

  5. Reviews must be uniquely written for TEFL Course Review.

    6. Content copied and pasted from another website will not be accepted. If duplicate reviews are found elsewhere on the web, they will be removed from TEFL Course Review.

  6. Reviews must contain substantial information.

    7. Reviews under ~400 characters or less than 65~70 words in length AND/OR containing only generic comments such as “Great course!” or “Terrible!” will not be accepted.

  7. Reviews must use only appropriate language.

    8. Reviews that contain slanderous, libelous, defamatory, offensive, obscene, racist, abusive, vulgar, or otherwise inappropriate remarks will not be accepted.

  8. All reviews must respect privacy rights.

    9. Reviews which violate a third party’s right to privacy (ex. that contain private or personal information, such as the phone number, address, email address, or other information which identifies a private individual without the explicit consent of that person) will not be accepted.

Tips for writing a helpful review:

  • Remember, by definition, a review is a critical assessment or evaluation.
  • Explain why you hold your opinions and include specifics.
  • Include both pros AND cons.
  • Balance a raving review with a suggestion for improvement or something you’d do differently if you took the course over again.
  • Balance a negative review by adding at least one positive aspect about your experience.
  • Use a valid email address*– we may try to contact you if your review is disputed by the course provider.
*We never publish email addresses and we never share email addresses with course providers or any other third parties.

Please allow 24-72 hours for your review to be moderated. If your review does not appear after three days, please see Reasons Reviews Are Not Approved. Thanks!