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Our Standard Terms and Conditions

By purchasing any of our courses, you understand and agree to the following Terms and Conditions. Please contact TEFL Trainer if you have any questions regarding our standard Terms and Conditions.

Prices

• TEFL Trainer reserves the right to change any of the prices, services, or other particulars contained on the website at any time.

Customer Satisfaction

• If you have purchased an online course, you are not entitled to a refund due to digital content being downloadable.
• For purchases made through a 3rd party we give a 14-day cooling-off period.

Online Courses and Crash Courses

• You cannot get a refund on any of our courses. By purchasing any of our courses, you understand, agree to the following Terms and Conditions and have acknowledged that your right to cancel your course and receive a refund will be lost.
• For purchases made through a 3rd party we give a 14-day cooling-off period.

Course Type and Duration

• Any of our Online TEFL Courses: 12 calendar months.
• If you need a course extension, you can pay the fee mentioned beloe.

• 6 months: £49.

Failing the Course

• In most cases, students pass the online course due to the amount of practice quizzes available and video tutorials contained in each course. However, if you have not assimilated the content of the course sufficiently then you may be failed (60% is required to pass). In these cases no certificate will be issued. In case of failure, you would need to pay £49 in order to retake your Online Course Exams.
• If you do not have the required level of English to complete any of the courses, we reserve the right to fail you without expectation of a refund. As a guide we recommend that non-native speakers have a minimum Cambridge level 4, CEFR level B2 or IELTS 6.5 score.

Requirements to obtain Advanced TEFL certification (Advanced Certificate):

• Submit 6 x 400-word reflective diaries,
• Submit 6 lesson plans,
• Pass the 6 final exams (with a minimum of 60%)
• For those who have committed to a Teaching Internship or Teaching Practice in a partner language schools you will also abide by the following: Complete your teaching internship in a partner school (between the dates agreed and completing the total amount of hours agreed to too).

Note 1: For us, plagiarism is copying verbatim or almost word by word from any of other students and/or from other online sources. We agree it's acceptable to search and look for answers from the internet and share ideas with other students, but your answers must be your own work. That is; adapted to your particular idea/s so as for you to demonstrate that you are able to mould and change an activity etc. to fit your own words and needs.

Note 2: The examples and information provided on the website are resources you are encouraged to read to widen your knowledge but when applying these to your own work, they must be changed and adapted to your own words and interpretation. This is important to take into account before submitting your 6 reflective diaries and lesson plans.

If a student plagiarises, he/she will be given a second chance to submit the written assignments, but if plagiarism happens a second time the student will fail the course without a refund.

Requirements to obtain our TEFL Certificate:

• Pass the course with a minimum of 60% overall. All learning blocks must be completed.

Complaints and Appeals 

• Students have the right to appeal against given during the course for written assessments or testing. In the first instance, you must contact TEFL Trainer at contact@teflinternshipspain.com and outline clearly your reasons for grievance. Under no circumstances does TEFL Trainer accept responsibility or liability for the teaching internships (teaching practice). If you are expelled from the internship you must voice your grievance to the language school.
• We promise to acknowledge your complaint or grievance within seven working days of receipt.
• You must communicate any perceived failure in the performance of this contract at the time to us and give us the opportunity to arrive at a satisfactory solution.

Certificates

• All Certificates are issued in a PDF format. We do not issue printed Certificates or hand-signed hard copies under any circumstance.
• All students can request a new certificate to replace a lost certificate will be charged a fee.
• We do not offer apostille or authentication of documents as we are not a University or Government Organisation.

Liability

• TEFL Trainer does not accept liability for any loss or additional expense caused by delay or interruption to travel services, weather conditions, civil disturbance, industrial action, strikes, wars, floods, sickness or force majeure. Such losses or additional expenses are your responsibility. Force majeure represents unusual and unforeseeable circumstances such as war or the threat of war, riots, terrorist activity, civil strife, industrial disputes, natural or nuclear disaster, fire, flood or adverse weather conditions.
• TEFL Trainer does not accept responsibility or liability for death, bodily injury or illness caused to the client or any other person included on the application form. Any claims shall be subject to British law in respect of any question of liability or quantum, and all proceedings shall be within the sole domain of the British courts.
• Under no circumstances does TEFL Trainer accept responsibility or liability for loss of personal possessions while attending the course.
• TEFL Trainer does not accept responsibility or liability for any other event which may affect you or your Course.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions

• By paying for a Course on the website you are agreeing to accept all these conditions. The person who clicks on any course start and/or payment buttons, does so on the behalf of all the individuals included on it, so that all are bound by the booking conditions.