Reviews of i-to-i TEFL

3.1 Rating •
211 reviews
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Discover teaching English abroad with i-to-i TEFL.

We’re TEFL experts with over 27 years’ experience in making teach English abroad dreams a reality!

We start by helping you qualify as a confident TEFL teacher, before pointing you in the right direction to our TEFL Internships in epic locations such as Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea.

Here at i-to-i TEFL, we’re proud to say we’ve trained over 182,000 TEFL graduates. And because our courses are English-Government regulated, once you’re qualified, employers prefer candidates with an i-to-i certificate.

Courses

Course Types

Online TEFL Courses

Course Lengths

Mini Courses (<30 hours)
Short Courses (40-100 hours)
Standard (120-140 hours)
Long Courses (150+ hours)

Certifications

TEFL / TESL / TESOL

Additional Features

Online Practicum
TEFL Internships

Specialist Courses

CLIL
Teaching Business English
Teaching Exam Preparation
Teaching One-to-One
Teaching Online
Teaching Young Learners

i-to-i TEFL has received 211 student reviews and has an overall rating of 3.09 out of 5 stars based on the following criteria.

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211 reviews of i-to-i TEFL

Review 190 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by Lois Turnbull on April 25, 2024 12:35 pm
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I have had a terrible experience with I-to-I TEFL and I subsequently wouldn’t recommend them. Firstly, I don’t believe the course material is worth the elevated cost of the course. Secondly, you often have to wait extended periods of time for coursework to be marked which eats into your allowance and can necessitate buying extra time, on top of the initial outlay. Thirdly, when you complete the course you wait an inordinate amount of time for the certificate, which many people will be waiting on to secure a job. Sadly I could go on into the poor customer service or outdated resources but I believe they’ve taken enough of my time as a company.

Review 189 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by Dee on April 25, 2024 8:48 am
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I completed the certification course about 2 years ago, recently I needed the certification to add to my resume and portfolio. I logged into the dashboard to download the certificate as I can’t remember my old email’s password – there was no way to download the certificate from the dashboard, so I contacted support which promptly sent an email back that had no response to my request for the certificate but instead tried to sell me the same course again! I then emailed again saying that this was concerning as I had already paid good money and completed the certification, a man called me up immediately and said that support would contact me back in a few days and get to the bottom of it – they never did, so I sent out another email asking about my certificate, the same man replied saying that they’re short on staff and I never heard from them again!

If this isn’t scammy I don’t know what scammy is!

Review 188 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by Roelf Faurie on April 4, 2024 7:38 am
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I enrolled for the 180 hrs course. I enjoyed the work and quality of the lessons. I submitted assignment 1 on time. When it was time for assignment 2, I duly submitted it and waited for a reply from the marker. When the result of the grading came the marker’s comments were not attached to the reply in which I was advised to redo parts of assignment 2. When I opened the marker’s message it reads: Your assignment has been graded, click here for feedback. When I clicked on feed back a message came up the reads: SORRY THIS PAGE COULD NOT BE OPENEND.

I was stuck and after a few emails to i-i-TEFL, I am still stuck and unable to redo assignment 2 and submit assignment 3.

I have send some email messages to i-i-TEFL in regard to the page that couldn’t be opened, but the responder on their side was not able to identify the essence of my messages and attach the comments for me to correct assignment 2.

It seems to me that i-i-TEFL wants to force me into a course extension which I will not pay, because the unnecessary delay was caused by the marker Peter Bowdry who neglected to attach his comments unto his email message to me.

I, as the student of i-i-TEFL has been sidelined away from successfully reaching the end of the 180 hrs course for which I have enrolled for and unable to walk away with a qualification. My course fee is money badly wasted. Rather stay away from i-i-TEFL!!!!!!!

NEXT TIME I WILL RATHER STAY FAR AWAY FROM i-i-TEFL, BECAUSE OF THEIR INABILITY TO EXECUTE THEIR DUTY IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.

Review 187 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by Aimar on March 13, 2024 4:50 pm
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I wish I didn’t waste my money on these guys. Firstly they don’t answer any phone calls, live chat is basically useless, and the nit picking on assignments is so blatant that I began questioning if they’re scammers.

As you progress through the course they took 4 weeks to mark one assignment, no calls, no feedback just excuses of the system crashing. Only for the tutor to find the smallest mistakes and fail you, so you’re basically spending an entire month stuck on one assignments.

They don’t offer to any compensation for the time you lost for their mistakes nor do they answer emails, you’re all on your own as soon as you start this course.

Good luck to anyone unfortunate enough to take their course.

Review 186 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by Ylli Pepaj on March 12, 2024 6:20 am
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I embarked on the I-to-I TEFL course with hopes of gaining valuable knowledge and skills to kickstart my teaching career. Unfortunately, my experience with this program fell far short of expectations.

First and foremost, the course content felt outdated and lacking in relevance to modern teaching practices. It seemed to disregard crucial advancements in language teaching methodologies, leaving me ill-prepared for real-world classroom scenarios. The materials provided did not align with current professional standards, making it difficult to apply what I learned in practical settings.

Moreover, the staff and tutors associated with I-to-I TEFL were anything but supportive or professional. Communication was often slow and unhelpful, with responses to queries feeling dismissive and impersonal. Feedback on assignments was minimal and lacked constructive criticism, leaving me feeling unsupported and unsure of my progress.

Overall, I cannot recommend the I-to-I TEFL course to aspiring educators. Its outdated content, lack of professional standards, and unsupportive staff make it an unsuitable choice for anyone serious about pursuing a career in teaching English as a foreign language.

Review 185 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by Irene on March 1, 2024 6:19 am
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I started the course but had so many glitches in their system. It ended up not getting resolved and I was so frustrated I decided to stop the course. I told them. Yet they continue to invoice me that I owe them. Email after email even though I told them.

They’re just interested in money.

Review 184 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by V V on February 20, 2024 1:46 pm
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As I got to the end of my course expiry date I noticed that the time taken to mark assignments has taken well over the stipulated time frame. I had to submit one assignment 3 times before I passed. The feedback given each time could all have been given to me after my first submission but it seemed like a delay tactic to force me to extend my course. It eventually took one month for one assignment to be finalised. This placed pressure on me which promoted me us more information from the internet on my next assignment. I submitted and was told that due to plagarism I needed to write the assignment in my own words and resubmit. I was also advised on his assignment that if I had to resubmit again I would be charged. The assignment was returned stating that I now needed to change the activities because I can’t just copy activities. This is something the tutor could have indicated in the first feedback but it seems they wanted to not pass me the next time so I would have to pay a retake fee.

And this is my next issue. On the previous assignment I submitted 3 times with no issues. Now I was told that I have to pay because this is my 3rd of 4 allowed attempts. When I enquired I was told that the rule changed in Oct 2023 and I was sent an email. I asked for proof of the email because I did not hear of this before and I was told the message is automated so there is not proof. I asked for an explanation as to why 3 submissions were allowed in the previous assignment with no charge and I was asked to speak to the tutor. They just change the rule, there is no evidence of advising me and I was not penalized before but now that I am close to the end it seems that these are tactics to exploit me for more money.

Pathetic. I will not be wasting another cent on this stupid institute. I will stop where I am and accept the certificate that I get. Judging by other comments here, I may even get the the certificate.

I do not recommend i-to-i. Bunch of thieves trying to exploit students and drain as much money from them as possible.

Review 183 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by Karen Begley on February 16, 2024 4:24 pm
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I passed the course at the end of last year, 2023, and I ordered a hard copy certificate at the beginning of January 2024 and seven weeks later I have still not arrived it.

Twice, I have been told it will be sent, but still no certificate.

I’m beginning to believe this is a scam.

Until this point, I found them ok. I did not feel they were intentionally trying to drag the course out as I passed all assignments within 2 to 3 attempts & they were marked very promptly.

However, their reluctance to send my certificate makes me question the company’s motives.

Review 182 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by Gillian Nicolson on January 24, 2024 11:09 pm
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Originally I was very impressed with customer service, however, my last few assignments took weeks to be marked instead of the 5 days I was promised. Having submitted last year, I only received feedback weeks into 2024. I have now decided to shorten my course and requested the certificates for the courses I have completed but have not heard anything from anyone regarding this. I keep being told that someone will contact me however I have heard nothing about this. The plan was to start working in 2024, but with the extremely slow feedback rate and no one assisting me with receiving my certificates for my passed courses – this is now impossible.

Review 181 of 211 i-to-i TEFL

Written by Andy on January 20, 2024 9:43 am
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I’m beginning to wonder if the education provider is legitimate. Apparently, I have fulfilled every requirements and I double checked my work and assignments with a senior English teacher currently based in Bangkok.

But the school almost always find the slightest of mistake that has zero relevance to the gist of the assignment, which in my opinion I have executed fairly well.

This leaves me in awe and speechless after numerous repeated payments of “retake fees”. So much so, I am forced to abandon the course before they milk every penny from me.

Highly not recommended.

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