Get TEFL Certified & Teach English in Thailand!

The course with ITA’s partner school in Chiang Mai, SEE TEFL, is incredible! I’m just 4 weeks I went from zero teaching experience to feeling comfortable planning and executing effective EFL lessons. The instructors are extremely knowledgeable and truly want trainees to succeed. The course is not easy and requires dedicated effort and time, but it is worth it. The only critique I have is that it would be nice to have a bit more time in class to practice what we’ve learned in front of our peers and instructors before the Observed Teaching Practices, but I realize that this is difficult considering the time constraint.

I live in Asia and am a retired Professor of Surgery. WMD in my left eye has buggered up my depth perception so I thought it was prudent to leave clinical practice. So what to do? i am not a thumb twiddler and have really enjoyed teaching for the past 40 years but what to teach and to whom? Eureka moment. I am a native English speaker, I love to write and I love the English language. I know a couple of NET teachers and there is certainly a demand in this part of the world. So the question was how to get a qualification. I did my due diligence and found that the course provided by the International TEFL Academy ticked all the boxes; basically, time, convenience and cost. Now it is a question of finding out how the reputation of the ITA certification helps. The online course is ten weeks of intensive study and participation. It is very enjoyable and if I was at the other end of my professional life I would have found the collegiality very comforting. As it is I am approaching that dubious status of EWM so prefer to keep a lower profile. I now have the practicum to complete and am really looking forward to getting on with the real thing. In summary, excellent course, not a walk over and no complaints.

I felt that this course gave a certificate that set me up for life! For just 10 weeks and under $2000, I made myself more marketable by taking this course but it also did not overtake my life. It was very flexible and the readings were excellent and straight to the point. The advisors and instructors at ITA know what they are doing and they do it well!