Francois Baard

I felt that ATI seemed to cover all the requirements for a proper *TESOL” 120hr certificate (in-class). I also felt that the cost was reasonable.
I enjoyed this location so much that I am staying another month. My experiences with ATI was all positive. Professional, excellent tutoring, thoroughly enjoyable and interesting.

Austen Hull

Competitive price honest sales rep (told him I found a school for $799 and he told me to take theirs, I thought that was noble so I come here)
Nice teachers, I had a great time.

Jillian Brown

Honestly I did do a bit of research for a TESOL course. I found ATI to be great because you get to take the course in Bangkok, you get to experience the culture and customs before you start teaching. I loved that aspect, also it seemed to be a stressful setup. There were some bumps but they were minor.
The location is amazing. Thailand is a truly awesome country.The actual location in Bangkok for the course was probably planned so that we really had to walk to go out dunking…. Very good. All of the people I have worked with directly from ATI have been so great. I had an amazing instructor (Sangeeta) an awesome observer and a fun Thai teacher ( Innovative solutions).

Stanley Buchan

I joined ATI course because the course at Pattaya , with I assume WTA was cancelled. I applied a TEFL with WTA, but ended up with ATI in Bangkok.
The course was set in the JL hotel in Bangkok which I found was extremely convenient. Most of the students stayed in the hotel, so there was no transport problems. The course was excellent, made even more so by the high level of instruction. The students on the course were a fantastic crowd.

ALEXA STUART, USA

I had a friend from college who took ATI from Phuket and really enjoyed the program. I spoke with her in depth about the course and felt it would be good for me. I liked being in Bangkok but would have preferred to be either closer to the BTS or more centrally located.

CHRISTOPHER BLAKE, USA

Everything about the location was great. I originally signed up to take the course in Phuket and 2 weeks before leaving I was told that the course in Phuket was cancelled and I would have to take it in Bangkok or wait one month for the next Phuket course. It was very frustrating but after arriving in Bangkok the course did go well.

BRIANNE STERN, USA

ATI seems to offer it all- the training, the certificate, accommodation and placement after completion. It took the stress and I like that the training contract is only for the one semester rather than a full year. ATI was great. Everyone was helpful and encouraging. I came into this experience with no experience in training. Now I can say that I am fully prepared to teach a class on my own and I can not wait to get into the classroom.

CATHERINE VOLINI, USA

I chose ATI after looking at a few different websites that offered teaching position in English abroad. I preferred ATI because of their special projects and because they offered the course abroad. My experience with this location and with ATI was very positive. I feel that the class prepared me well to teach English to the speakers of other languages. And I really enjoyed meeting all of the people involved with the program.

BRIAN ESTRADA, USA

I wanted to teach English. It was in a great location. It was really nice, I liked the people. I will be a better teacher from what I have gained here.

DAVID MASHBURN, USA

I found ATI online and thought the website thoroughly described the program. I contacted the administration with a few questions and received prompt responses which I really appreciated. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience with ATI. The class was well-conducted, informative and prepared me to teach in Thailand. I am very pleased with the experience.

ELIZABETH ADAMS, USA

I chose ATI because it was more flexible and less expensive than other programs. It was helpful and prepared me for teaching.

Gabrielle SORIA, USA

ATI had a promising offer. The Special Thai Project was very lucrative in that it guaranteed placement and really delivered it. I liked that they made things straight-forward when we got here and that they were readily available for answering questions. ATI in Bangkok was really great. You got thrown right into one of the biggest cities in the world. The Bangkok schools were really wonderful and welcoming. The students were pleasure to meet and teach.

JAMES AUSTIN, USA

From the research on the net I came to know about it. It seemed to be the best choice. This was a very positive experience. The course exceeded all expectation.

SU LEE, Korea

When I searched on the net the website looked nicer than other institutes. The location was good.

MYRA, USA

It seemed to be an interesting program. The course took place in Thailand and I liked the course duration of 3 weeks. Taking the course in September was fitting into my schedule. It was very positive experience and we were well taken care of.

QUEEN ANNE VILLACILLO, Philippines

I chose ATI because I heard a positive feedback from my friend that ATI is a fantastic institute and they would really help us to improve our skills. I really had a great time with ATI. They really helped me a lot to improve my skills and developed more in my confidence level. It was really great. I cannot forget this in my whole life.

SOFIA, Russia

Dates of the course were perfect for me. This experience was useful for my teaching practice. I will never be tired of saying thank you to you .

MUHAMMAD RIAZ KHAN, Pakistan

I chose ATI because it is an excellent institution which trains the teachers in a very systematic way. Secondly I am a teacher and I want to learn more about practical teaching so that I may be able to apply the teaching skills in my real classrooms. It was a very good experience getting training here. Materials were good. Teacher always helped in getting improvement for my next lesson.

TEFL Bangkok, Thailand - June, 2010

David Evans, UK

I choose ATI after meeting a person in India who had just completed the course. His girlfriend was already a qualified teacher and he said the training with ATI was excellent. The concentration was not on grammar as some other course I had looked at but on learning how to be a good teacher. I enjoyed my experience and feel well equipped to start a new career as an English teacher.

Jennifer Palmer, Australia

ATI has a great website. It has certainly a competitive price. Most importantly, it guarantees a job. Fantastic & well run course. The team here looks after you. I have learnt an amazing amount in 3 weeks. Great..

JUAN Alvarez Bermudez, Puerto Rico USA

I looked on the internet and I found your webpage. I was looking for a new teaching experience and I liked everything I read on your webpage. I could interacted with Thai culture plus took Thai class in the classroom. The best thing was to be close of many places to go.

Patrick Collins, Ireland

I Chose ATI over other English teaching companies because it was recommended by friends who had done the course and they said they had a good experience with ATI. Location was very good, clean hotel with very helpful staff and I felt it was an advantage to have the course in the same hotel we are staying in.

Kieron Fitzgerald, UK

Competitive price, well planned website and training experience in Thailand. I found the whole course extremely well organized and run.

Anne Dorman, USA

I honestly just happened to stumble across the website while searching for different opportunities abroad. After applying, ATI called me back quite quickly and were very interested in me .after doing some research, I decided to take the job and have not been more grateful for such a great experience I thoroughly enjoyed this experience and found it to be extremely useful. I am so thankful for having found and taken this opportunity.

TEFL Bangkok, Thailand - May, 2010

Bryan Funk, USA

I am more than happy with this class. It was a very positive experience. Thank you for everything.

Rolly M. Ancheta, Philippines

I over come my stage fright and improved my English pronunciation. I enjoy the whole course. Thank you very much. May GOD bless you more

Jennifer Judkoff, USA

A bit more of a web presence would be helpful especially considering the number of scams out there. I was very impressed by the course. The text book is somewhat disorganized. There was a lot of material to cover in a small amount of time.I was amused we did it all.

Andrey Grebennikov, Russia

It is one thing to study at school as a student and the other thing is to teach students. It was a great experience to see other side of the teaching process and I like it very much. We had a very wonderful Trainer and gave me a lot of her own example

Clifford Donald Lonner, USA

Your short quote about your experience: The course was everything I had hoped it would be.

Keshav Roy, India

It had empowered me with the knowledge I need to pursue a career in teaching English as a foreign language very satisfying overall. An experience to remember had cherish for a long long time.

Adam Warcewicz, USA

Bangkok special project was excellent. The city is the best place to experience Thai culture, fashion, and food and of worse TESOL training!

Regular TEFL Course in Bangkok, Thailand - August, 2009

Linda

I decided to join this project because I like to travel and to teach. I thought this was a good way to get move teaching experience and a certificate to teach English. Good experience.

Georgie Burden

Teaching is a career path that has always interested me. The most influential people in my life have been good teachers. Having travelled in my previous job, having the opportunity to both teach and travel is perfect for my future career and life. TESOL will be ideal for teaching people at all ages English language globally (a very exciting project). TESOL has a great experience, very positive Trainers were good. TP was great. Now feel confident to teach with good materials.

Alena Huberova

I plan to teach in different countries in Asia. I believe it is the best way to get to know the country, its people and culture. I am hoping the course will provide me with some useful tips and hints on doing that and give me ideas on how to structure, plan and conduct classes for students of different age groups and level of English. Great country, thoroughly involved and hope it will open up new windows of opportunities for me.

Sharron Owens

I read about it on the internet and it seemed an exciting thing to do. My daughter has been teaching in Thailand for three years and loves it here. I taught for 34 years and felt I wanted to make use of my skills and knowledge. I have never thought ESL so felt this course would be very beneficial in giving me methodology. I had hoped to join the project in Phuket as I had not been these and wanted to explore this area but I was ill at that time. Then I thought the course in Bangkok would give me a chance to job search as well.

Will Clary

I spent a year in China and originally planned to go back Post Grad (now) and look for work. Then I got to thinking I might enjoy teaching. Learning was what made me wake up every day. Why not give that to someone? I already Speak Chinese, I d love to learn some Thai and enjoy Southern Asia for a while. China will still be there. I'm young and excited. Why not? I'm glad that I took the time to learn the course not only for my future students but also for me. It was a good way to better understand my interactions with other.

Shalini Menon

I chose to take up this project as I wanted some training in Teaching. I already have a teacher s degree from India but was not able to take up a formal training. Moreover, I will be staying in Thailand for three years. So taking up this course might help me in getting a teaching job in Thailand. It was a great experience, especially going to the classrooms and teaching. It gave us all the experience of real teaching and the issues connected to teaching. The feedbacks form peers and the lessons helped us a lot to improve our own style.

Andrew Manugian

Location: (Bangkok is appealing to me) Competitive pricing: (the price, especially including leasing was a definite positive) I didn't read anything negative on the internet about American TESOL, and that a certificate and in class experience would prove it valuable in acquiring and performing at a job, in Thailand or otherwise. Very positive experience. I feel much more qualified than I did 3 weeks ago. I liked teaching young kids more than I thoughts.

Sam (Stephen John) McNally

Because I considered it a sensible thing to have the ability to teach English, since I like the language a lot and I am quite good in it. Additionally it's something I've thought about a lot for some years and now seemed like a good time to act on it. I have a number of Thai friends and I come to Thailand very often, and I noticed this course on line and decided to pursue it. The cost/conditions package was very reasonable, and the timing was good. Very satisfying, well balanced work load, well timed move through all aspects of the course

Ivan Parker Jr.

I recently ended my service in the United States navy. I wanted to spend more time in Thai. After doing a little research I figured this would be my best and most awarding option. I had a wonderful experience.

Joel Remland

I've been teaching in an after school program for many years and hope to use this course as an introduction to classroom teaching .I choose the program particularly because I wanted to stay in Bangkok and this was the most affordable course available. I feel like I have the requisite experience working with children but would like to further my skills as a teacher. I'm also looking forward to living in a new country and experiencing a new culture. I derived a lot from the course. I now feel prepared to go into the classroom. As far as administration, there were many last-minute 'urgent' requests via email that could have been sent earlier to allow more time to prepare.

Daniel Mladeuovik

I like to travel, for a while I have been thinking how to make some money and travel at the same time. Meeting new people and cultures is also a big challenge for me. This way I will improve to teach English to kids that the language is totally foreign. This was a great experience us. I consider it as very useful, and perspective.

Tram Nguyen

I expected to get more knowledge on teaching. At the moment, I am teaching English to adult students. However, I don not have much experience in making the class fun. I am also not sure if the.. can understand the lessons or if they can use what I teach them in the real life. Therefore, I took the course with the hope that the course can provide me some teaching technique and useful teaching knowledge and the psychology of students as well. I felt happy with the course. Even though I've got experience in teaching. I learnt many new things and techniques from the course. After the course, I gained more confidence in my teaching.

American TESOL institute TESOL Program Bangkok FEb 2012

Hakan Cakir

First of all, I searched some TEFL /TESOL on internet. I found ATI on internet. There were a lot of positive comments from ATI alumni secondly, the price was great. Thirdly, the course location was close to my house finally ATI staff answered all questions positively and quickly.

Firstly I would like to thank the excellent trainer. She always kept us motivated, secondly, at the beginning of the course, training Thai culture and language was great it helped me a lot before starting the life in Bangkok. Thirdly, peer teaching and teaching practice were very useful. I have learned a lot about teaching English as a second language. I am very happy that I decided to choose ATI. Thank you so much again

Holly Sutton

ATI provided a lot of valuable information on the website and the prices were very reasonable. The fact that the TESOL certificate received is internationally recognized also was an advantage that helped me choose ATI and ATI representatives were very responsive with my questions about the course.

The experience was great and although Bangkok isn't my favorite place in the world, I really enjoyed Ramkhamhaeng area. Felt safe and easy to get around. ATI has given great content and models to being an effective ESL teacher in Southeast Asia. Whittney was a great trainer- thank you so much.

Laurent Mourioux

Let's be honest the Bangkok ATI program was the cheapest I've found weeks of research on the net. ATI the testimony of previous trainee that I found was good overall.

I had a volunteer experience of teaching. The training brought me confidence and essential keys to plan a lesson. I'd like to mention how whittney was an excellent trainers taking care of the program, the group but also our personal needs or questions.

Catarina Lopes

Because I was looking for a course to teach abroad, I was thinking about this for 2 years, and my Portuguese friends that teach at Bangkok told me that TESOL is the best.

Very good. All the people are really nice and helpful when we need. The location is very nice and we can get all we need.

Kilynn Lunsford

Reading information on internet convinced me the ATI had a good reputation. I found the prices to be affordable. Also my friend was using ATI and I want to use to some.

I enjoyed myself here: the hotel was very nice and well kept. I found the class to be very clear and well organized. However, I got the impression from all my emailing prior to the course that ATI would offer more job placement support.

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