Comments on: Is it Possible to Get a Legit Free TEFL Course?

By: Caitriona Maria

Caitriona Maria — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 05:02:34 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. You're very welcome!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:15:48 +0000

Thank you so much for this post. I have really found it to be helpful. I am currently doing TR course and I am in the middle of it. I might now move on to one of the courses you have recommended.

By: Rincewind

Rincewind — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:37:16 +0000

I have read through the whole of the TR course. It is similar in content to other cheap TEFL courses. It isn’t really supposed to set you up with all the skills for teaching – to do that you really need actual practise teaching in front of live students with a tutor guiding you – as you would have in a CELTA course for example. However, if you just want to get a shiny bit of paper with your name on it in order to apply for a visa and just want it as cheaply and quickly without worrying about actually learning, this might fit the bill.

One strange thing I noticed in the course, right at the end of Unit 2 of Module 7, there is a line that reads, “However, if you are like some of our other students who want to study more about lesson planning and have a lesson-planning template that you can use for every lesson, then it would be wise to explore our Module 16: Lesson Planning Plus in our 150-hour course.”

The thing is, TR doesn’t have a 150-hour course. This seems to have been from somewhere else. After searching on Google, I found that TEFL UK has a 150-hour course in which module 16 is titled “Lesson Planning Plus”. Exploring TEFL UK’s site further to look at their 120-hour course, it has 13 modules, the same as TR’s course. Looking at the titles of the modules, they are rather similarly named.

By: Caitriona Maria

Caitriona Maria — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:11:48 +0000

In reply to Adrian. Glad I could help :)

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:19:52 +0000

Thanks for this. Most helpful!

By: Caitriona Maria

Caitriona Maria — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:25:48 +0000

In reply to Ayoub Bouamri. Interesting, thank you for the insight. I'll update the post with the relevant information. Please do let me know how you get on with this course and if you think it is worthwhile.

By: Ayoub Bouamri

Ayoub Bouamri — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:58:38 +0000

I’m taking TR TEFL Course right now (Teacher Record). I just want to mention that the course contains many videos recorded from real ESL classes (About 30min per class). The course also contains some materials such as flash cards… I can say that the content is very valuable. But I do not know if the certificate is legit. I saw a youtuber says that TR TEFL Certificate is legit, but she didn’t prove it.