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6 Years of Providing Quality Online TEFL Training
Digital Certificates Included Ready For Apostilling
GoOverseas Rated #1 Best-Value TEFL Course 2025
24 Units With Full Video & Text, Problem-Solving Tasks & Quizzes
Accredited cheap TEFL certification
Get your 120-hour TEFL certificate for $39, with real classroom video, tutor support and a QR-verifiable digital certificate.
OTCAC accreditedRef. 20201216A
CPD-verifiedRef. 002965
UK-registered providerUKPRN 10089401
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2025 #1 for ValueCommunity Choice Awards
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4.6 / 547 Trustpilot reviewsWhat your $39 120-hour TEFL course includes
OTCAC-accredited core training, with StudyTEFL also currently CPD-verified.
Digital and self-print certificates with QR-linked online verification.
Full human-voice video and audio coverage across the regular 120-hour course.
Six full video-recorded ESL lessons, plus extra teaching videos.
Make realistic classroom decisions and see what those choices lead to.
Quizzes, decisions, classroom video and applied tasks keep learning active.
Practice quizzes and checkpoint questions throughout, beyond simple true-false testing.
Practical teacher tips and classroom guidance throughout the course.
Human tutor support when you need help understanding or applying ideas.
Job-support resources, recruiter links and TEFL job links after completion.
Twelve months of LMS access for flexible, self-paced study.
A responsive LMS with a simple structure across desktop, tablet and mobile.
Choose your course
All routes share the practical StudyTEFL foundation. The difference is specialist content or individual feedback. Tap a step to see what it adds.
Leanest route
A leaner route for trainees mainly focused on teaching English online. It keeps the accredited core and assessment standard in a more compact package.
Technical and account support, without tutor support.
Most popular
Our main cheap TEFL certification route for teaching English abroad or online.
More specialist content
Add focused training for teaching young learners and adults to the Complete TEFL foundation.
Coming soon
Everything in the 168-hour Specialist course plus a Business TEFL specialization, for 200 hours in total.
Expected price. Details, content and price may change before launch.
Individual practical feedback
Add assessed lesson planning and recorded demo-teaching feedback from a real teacher.
Not CELTA-style live observed practice with real students.
| Compare | $29Online Teacher | $39Complete | $54Specialist | $59200-hour + Business (soon) | $69Practical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $29 | $39 | $54 | $59 (coming soon) | $69 |
| Total hours | 120 | 120 | 168 | 200 | 120 |
| OTCAC-accredited core | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | To be confirmed | ✓ |
| Fuller video and 6 classroom lessons | Some video | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Young learner and adult training | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Business TEFL specialization | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| Assessed plans and demo feedback | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| Tutor support | Technical only | ✓ | ✓ | To be confirmed | ✓ |
| LMS access | 6 months | 12 months | 12 months | To be confirmed | 12 months |
How our online TEFL course works
Open a real StudyTEFL lesson and try the embedded questions before you pay. It is the quickest way to see the learning style.
The $39 Complete course is the main all-round route. Add young learner and adult training for $54, or assessed lesson plans and recorded demo teaching for $69. A $59 200-hour course with Business TEFL is coming soon.
Work through 24 structured units of video, scenario tasks and quizzes at your own pace, with tutor support when you need it.
Your digital certificate is included and QR-verifiable, with a self-print version too. There is no compulsory upgrade.
Use your certificate for online teaching or entry-level TEFL jobs, with job-support links included with most course packages. If an employer or visa authority asks for legalisation, the apostille route is available.
See the real StudyTEFL LMS
Real screens from the current learning environment: quizzes, teaching scenarios, tutor audio-video, checkpoint questions and model teaching.
Apostille route for use abroad
Only needed if an employer, visa authority or government body asks for it.
Teach English abroad or online
Typical requirements, checked September 2026. Employers and visa authorities set their own rules, so always check the vacancy and official sources.
DegreeVaries by platform
Native speakerVaries by platform
TEFL120 hours often asked
DocumentsApostille usually not needed
DegreeBachelor's, any subject
Native speakerPassport from 7 countries (E-2 visa)
TEFLMany employers ask for one
DocumentsApostilled degree and police check
DegreeBachelor's, any subject
Native speakerPassport from 7 countries, usually
TEFL120 hours, usually apostilled
DocumentsDegree and police check apostilled
DegreeBachelor's, any subject
Native speakerNative, or proven fluency
TEFL120 hours is the usual minimum
DocumentsApostilled degree and police check
DegreeBachelor's, any subject
Native speakerNative-level English preferred
TEFL120 hours is the usual minimum
DocumentsDegree, transcripts, police check
Six full video-recorded ESL lessons show real learners, lesson stages and teacher decisions.
Cheap TEFL certification explained
StudyTEFL is online-first, relatively small and built around scalable digital delivery. The low price does not mean removing the LMS, video coverage, certificate, tutor support or core teaching content.
There are no year-long sales either. Our cheap accredited TEFL is always the lowest possible price.
Complete TEFL covers lesson planning, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, classroom management, speaking, writing, reading, listening, assessment, feedback and teaching English online, with 15+ scenario tasks and six full video-recorded ESL lessons.
OTCAC and CPD-verified are private accreditors. OTCAC also accredits other established TEFL providers including Premier TEFL, TEFL Institute of Ireland and TEFLmasters. UKRLP is provider registration, not government course accreditation.
OTCAC accreditedReference 20201216ACPD-verifiedReference 002965UK learning providerUKPRN 10089401
Your digital certificate is included, with a self-print version too. Current core certificates link to an online verification record through a QR code. There is no compulsory upgrade.
If an employer, visa authority or government body asks for legalisation, StudyTEFL certificates can be professionally notarised and apostilled through the UK route from anywhere in the world. Most students do not need an apostille.
StudyTEFL is designed for the broad entry-level online and overseas TEFL market. Its certification has been used for applications in South Korea, China, Vietnam and Thailand, alongside online teaching roles.
Employers and visa authorities still set their own rules. A degree, passport eligibility, background check, legalised documents or experience may also be required.
StudyTEFL is not CELTA, Trinity CertTESOL or an Ofqual-regulated Level 5 qualification. If a job specifically requires one of those, or supervised observed teaching practice, take the qualification it asks for.
British Council teaching roles, for example, commonly require CELTA, Trinity CertTESOL or another qualification meeting its supervised-teaching-practice criteria.
Cheap is a useful word when the product really is inexpensive. It shouldn't mean vague claims, hidden certificate charges or a course you can't inspect. StudyTEFL has specialised in low-cost online TEFL since 2020 and is run by educators with classroom experience.
Go Overseas recognised StudyTEFL as #1 for Value in its 2025 Community Choice Awards.
Interactive TEFL scenario
Complete TEFL asks you to make classroom decisions and see what happens next. Here is a quick one to try.
Classroom decision
You ask your class of teenagers a question and everyone goes quiet. What do you do first?
A mini example only. The course scenarios go further and show what your choices lead to.
“There was so much video footage of real classroom interaction. It's an incredibly thought provoking course.”
Katie Adams, GoAbroadUnited States. September 2026.
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“It was the quality of something much more expensive”
Pete Edwards, GoAbroadUnited Kingdom. September 2026.
GoAbroad rating: 4.8 / 5 from 69 reviews
“Interactive, modern, self paced and has video coverage. The value is outstanding.”
Jen Lee, GoAbroadUnited States. September 2026.
GoAbroad rating: 4.8 / 5 from 69 reviews
“It was much more interactive... plus it had audio that I could play if I wanted to do other things while studying.”
Amy Liu, GoAbroadUnited Kingdom. June 2026.
GoAbroad rating: 4.8 / 5 from 69 reviews
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TEFL course questions before you buy
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