The American TESOL Institute is a scam organisation claiming to be an American Based company when in actual fact it is run by an Indian company in Kolkata, India who also sometimes operate from Thailand. Their head office address in Tampa, Florida is nothing more than a mailing address operated by Regus. The USA 1800 number sometimes directs to an Indian gentleman in India or Thailand who has a very strong Indian accent. In most cases, it directs to an answering machine. As well as the website http://www.www.americantesol.com they also operate http://www.tesolcoursethailand.com
The company claims to be a reputable American Training Institute when in fact they are no more than a website running TESOL/TEFL courses in hotel meeting rooms. Their TEFL/TESOL certificates carry no international accreditation or moderation, but their cleverly chosen name fools students into thinking they are enrolling on some sort of 'American Body Certified Course'. They also claims to be an ISO certified company which cannot be verified by ISO.
Stay clear of this cleverly disguised company!
Tampa, Florida
United States
americantesol.com
You make it sound like an Indian person makes it automatically a scam. It's well known that a large portion of multi-billion dollar companies in the U.S. outsource their customer service to India.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've seen, there is no real "accreditation" for certificate courses no matter where they are from. A certificate just proves you've gone through the courses and passed tests.
Strange! What ATI provides, how many completed the TEFL Course, How many successfully working in ESL after the course, how much they have really expanded.... all these doesn't matter any more? What matters is who is running it... is it ? American TESOL is based in Florida... check it out. ATI India and Thai operation have an ISO, check out more in their website...now they are BBB also... oh i am sure you have never heard that...
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