The Via Lingua TEFL course in Florence, Italy is a total scam. The school intentionally misleads potential students on its website by claiming that 85% of graduates of the TEFL course get a job within 1-30 days from finishing the course. This is a blatant lie. Most of the people from the course go home without a job. The school provides very little in the way of support. Their idea of an exclusive lifetime job network for graduates is a binder full of print outs of job postings from TEFL.com and Daves ESL cafe. When confronted about this false advertising, the owner of the school (Thomas, a real life adult bully) threatened me in writing.
This program, for the money, is not what it should be. While it features supervised teaching sessions, the “school” has a rigid, template-like teaching formula which does not permit any variation. Additionally, the evaluation of those teaching sessions is wildly subjective. It is also SO intensive (including a load of busy work) that, while in Florence, it is nearly impossible to get out and experience the famously historical city. Save your money and consider a program that is closer to home or one that is more affordable. Come to Florence to find work or just to experience the available culture…of which there is plenty. Do not sign up with Via Lingua.
I repeat... they lie and mislead students. This is such a FAKE EDUCAITONAL INSTITUTION.
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The Via Lingua TEFL course in Florence, Italy is a total scam. The school intentionally misleads potential students on its website by claiming that 85% of graduates of the TEFL course get a job within 1-30 days from finishing the course. This is a blatant lie. Most of the people from the course go home without a job. The school provides very little in the way of support. Their idea of an exclusive lifetime job network for graduates is a binder full of print outs of job postings from TEFL.com and Daves ESL cafe. When confronted about this false advertising, the owner of the school (Thomas, a real life adult bully) threatened me in writing.
This program, for the money, is not what it should be. While it features supervised teaching sessions, the “school” has a rigid, template-like teaching formula which does not permit any variation. Additionally, the evaluation of those teaching sessions is wildly subjective. It is also SO intensive (including a load of busy work) that, while in Florence, it is nearly impossible to get out and experience the famously historical city. Save your money and consider a program that is closer to home or one that is more affordable. Come to Florence to find work or just to experience the available culture…of which there is plenty. Do not sign up with Via Lingua.
I repeat... they lie and mislead students. This is such a FAKE EDUCAITONAL INSTITUTION.