Thanks to the members of the class of January 2016 for posting a detailed review of the collective experiences at the Dunham Institute.

I have recently become aware of the Dunham Institute via Dave's ESL Cafe as Joanna is advertising for the next batch of Volunteer English Teachers to commence in February 2017. I am interested in the Language Exchange Program that is offered and am currently in email discussions with Joanna regarding the program.

The content of your review has been most helpful in identifying which questions I really need to drill down on before making a final decision.

So sorry to hear that your TEFL program was not all that you had hoped it would be. I completed a TESOL program last year in Vietnam at the Australian Vietnam School of Languages. It was a robust program and I consider that it prepared me very well to teach ESL learners from the early years right through to Adults. The only downside was that some of the students had appalling classroom behaviour!

When I hear back from Joanna I post the updates on the forum.