Teach English Abroad
TEFL TESOL Certification:
San Jose, Costa Rica

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Why your investment goes further with ITTO

Course Features and Highlights	ITTO	Quality Provider 1	Quality Provider 2	Quality Provider 3
Guaranteed TEFL paid job placement in Mexico	Yes	No	No	No
Direct employment contacts worldwide	Yes	No	No	Yes
Secretarial staff to arrange job interviews	Yes	No	No	No
Years of experience	37	Not available	7	22
Internationally Accredited	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Course fee including registration fee.	1600	1690	2600	1350
Deposit	200	200	2600	1350
Payment due:	First day of class	2 weeks prior to the initiation	3 weeks prior to the initiation	2 weeks prior to the initiation
Refund policy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Duration of course	Four weeks	Four weeks	Four weeks	Four weeks
Hours in course	150	120	140	160
Hours of individually observed and assessed teaching practice	25	6	0	8
One to One teaching practice with tutor feedback.	Yes. No extra cost.	Yes, depending on teacher’s schedule	No	Yes. No extra cost.
Initiation dates available year round	Yes	Yes	No. Only 2 per year	Yes
Introduction to TOEFL, Cambridge, Michigan, and IELTS.	Yes	No	No	No
Career Support	Yes, and Lifelong	No	Yes	Yes
Pre-course teaching materials	Yes	No	No	No
WIFI Internet and e-mail access	Yes	Yes, at an extra cost	Yes	Yes, at an extra cost
Free long distance phone calls to place of origin of trainee	Yes	No	No	No
Institucional Letter of recommendation	Yes	No	No	No
Air Conditioned facilities	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Salsa dancing lessons	Yes, at no extra cost	No	No	No
Housing assistance	Yes, at no extra cost	Yes, at no extra cost	Yes	Yes
Visa assistance	Yes, at no extra cost	No	No	Yes
Airport reception and transfer to accommodation included in course fee	Yes	No	No	Yes, at an extra cost
Graduation Party	Yes	No	No	No
All course materials	Yes, at only 120	Yes, included in tuition	Yes, included in tuition	Yes, included in tuition
Unlimited Free Coffee and Tea	Yes	No	No	No
All stationery needed for the course and teaching practices.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Photocopying	Yes, at no extra cost	Yes, at an extra cost	No	Yes
Use of fax	Yes, at no extra cost	Yes, at an extra cost	No	Yes
Professional support and counselling before and after the course	Yes, at no extra cost	No	No	Yes
Access to the most recent TEFL/TESOL publications	Yes, at no extra cost	No	No	No
Practice with state of the art CALL (Computer assisted language learning) software	Yes, at no extra cost	No	No	No
College Credit	Yes, at no extra cost	No	Yes, at no extra cost	No

 

Why your investment goes further with ITTO

No Extra "Administration" Fees
ITT0 does not place a condition that you notify our offices weeks in advance if your course start date is to be postponed, nor do we penalize/charge "administrative" fees for the above.

Complete Training with Critiques
ITTO offers complete, thorough training of 150 hours, including 25 hours of practice teaching with actual students and professional critiques each time to improve your TEFL/TESOL teaching abilities.

Teach and Choose
You will be individually observed and professionally critiqued during 25 full hours of practice teaching. Students are actual English learners, not simply volunteers. You may teach as many other classes as your time allows.

No Monthly Limitation on Postponement
If you need to postpone, ITTO will not limit the postponement of your start date for only a short period of time.

Learn in Comfort
Weather, although pleasant, may get very warm at times, especially for those coming from cooler regions. Our partner school offers climate control for all classrooms.

No "Peak" Season Prices
ITTO does not have any surcharges for peak season (summer) courses. The price is the same all year long with the exception of our specials. In those cases, the rates may even be lower.

As you can see, shoulder to shoulder ITTO’s TEFL programs simply stand above all others.