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Build the foundation first. You'll work through the full 120-hour Complete TEFL course rather than jumping straight into performance tasks.
120-Hour Practical TEFL · $69
Don't just learn the theory. Submit work and get feedback on it.
StudyTEFL's Practical TEFL course includes the full Complete 120-hour course, then adds two assessed lesson plans and two recorded demo-teaching tasks reviewed by a tutor.
It's for trainees who want someone to look at what they've actually planned and how they've delivered it , without pretending a recorded demo is the same thing as supervised live teaching practice with real students.
$69one-time course price · 12 months LMS access
120hComplete TEFL foundation
2 + 2plans + recorded demos
12 mo.LMS access
$69assessed-feedback route
Why Practical TEFL exists
Knowing what a good lesson looks like isn't quite the same as making one yourself.
The Complete course already gives you structured methodology, lesson planning, online teaching, six full ESL classroom lessons and 15+ teaching scenarios. Practical TEFL keeps all of that, then asks you to produce work that can be reviewed.
Create
Turn the ideas into two lesson plans and two recorded demo lessons. You're no longer only recognising good teaching choices , you're making them.
Get feedback
A real teacher reviews the practical submissions, giving you something more useful than a pass/fail quiz result to reflect on.
From course content to your own teaching
See where the individual feedback enters the course.
Select a stage. The important difference is that the Practical route eventually moves from StudyTEFL showing you examples to a tutor looking at work that's yours.
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Complete TEFL first
Build the teaching foundation before you're assessed practically.
Work through the 24-lesson Complete TEFL core, including planning, classroom management, skills teaching, assessment, online teaching, different contexts and finding work.
Written learning + human-narrated video
Six complete ESL classroom lessons
15+ scenario-based teaching tasks
Real tutor feedback
See the kind of feedback your practical work can receive.
The Practical TEFL route adds something the standard self-paced course does not: a real teacher reviews work you have created and gives you feedback on your planning and delivery.
The aim is not simply to tell you whether you passed. Tutor comments can help you notice where a lesson plan is clear, where an activity needs stronger sequencing, or where your recorded teaching could be more effective.
That gives you a chance to reflect on your own teaching choices before you move into job applications or your first classes.
Practical TEFL
what's included$69
what's included$69
Full 120-hour Complete TEFLIncluded
24 teaching lessonsIncluded
6 full classroom lesson videosIncluded
15+ teaching scenariosIncluded
Online teaching contentIncluded
2 assessed lesson plansIncluded
2 recorded demo lessonsIncluded
Tutor feedback on practical workIncluded
12 months LMS accessIncluded
QR-verifiable digital certificateIncluded
$39 or $69?
The question isn't “which course is better?” It's “do you want your own work reviewed?”
The $39 Complete TEFL course already gives most new teachers the fuller StudyTEFL learning experience. You don't need to pay $69 simply because it's the highest-priced option.
Choose Practical TEFL when the additional value you want is individual feedback on lesson planning and recorded teaching. If you don't need that, keep the $30.
Who should choose this route?
Practical feedback is useful. It isn't automatically necessary.
Good fit
You're a first-time teacher and want someone to review lesson plans and recorded delivery before you start applying.
Maybe
You've already taught, but you'd value structured feedback on how you plan and present a lesson in English teaching contexts.
Choose something else
Your target employer specifically requires CELTA, Trinity CertTESOL, Ofqual Level 5 or supervised observed teaching practice with real learners. Buy the qualification it actually asks for.
What practical feedback means
Recorded demo teaching , not CELTA-style live observed practice.
Practical TEFL asks you to submit recorded demo-teaching work and lesson plans for review. That gives you an assessed production-and-feedback stage beyond the self-paced core.
It doesn't turn the course into supervised live teaching practice with real students. If a particular employer or programme requires observed teaching practice of that kind, this course isn't a substitute for that requirement.
We'd rather make the distinction clear before you enroll than stretch the word “practical” further than it should go.
Practical TEFL questions
What people usually want to know before paying the extra $30.
Yes. It includes StudyTEFL's full Complete 120-hour TEFL course and adds assessed practical submissions and tutor feedback.
The Practical route adds two assessed lesson plans and two recorded demo-teaching tasks.
No. The practical component uses recorded demo teaching. It isn't CELTA-style supervised live teaching practice with real students.
The current Practical TEFL route includes 12 months of LMS access.
Yes. Online teaching is already part of StudyTEFL's modern core rather than a separate paid bolt-on. The Practical route keeps that content and adds assessed planning and demo-teaching feedback.
Yes. Digital certification is included and current core certificates use QR-linked online verification.
No. If you mainly want the full self-paced course, classroom observation, scenarios and tutor support, the $39 Complete TEFL route may be enough. Pay $69 when the individual practical feedback is valuable to you.
It can support applications to eligible entry-level TEFL roles, but employers and visa authorities set their own requirements. A degree, passport eligibility, experience, legalised documents or a different qualification may still be required.
Want somebody to review your work?
Take Complete TEFL, then put your planning and delivery in front of a tutor.
If that's the extra you want, Practical TEFL is the StudyTEFL route built for it. If it isn't, the $39 Complete course is still there.