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I would recommend Gotoco to anyone who is serious about becoming an ESL teacher. Not only do you get the TESOL certification but you get the teaching experience which can help you decide whether the career is for you and help you with future roles.

Great staff and great opportunity to work abroad

I had a lot of guidance and support that helped me massively during my programme and made it so enjoyable

It was one in a lifetime experience

I had a really good experience with Gotoco, and had the opportunity to teach in China. They provide lots of support and communication particularly pre-departure to put your mind at ease! The whole experience is a very rewarding and I would recommend.

Overall a very enjoyable experience.

My most enjoyable moment of the trip was hiking up the hill at Sanremo to see the ruined city that was destroyed in an earthquake, and enjoying a lovely meal overlooking the surrounding area.

The experience of teaching my own class of students, making friends with other gotocoers, gaining teaching skills, meeting new people in a local context and exploring northern Italy! I also loved being immersed in Italy and its culture

I had an excellent experience teaching abroad through Gotoco - they were very helpful throughout the process in helping organise my placement in China and they gave very useful assistance in organising visa and providing me with pre-travel information. They also organised a really enjoyable end-of-program trip. Would recommend!

My experience with Gotoco in Thailand was amazing. I got to experience so many different things and learn more about Thai culture whilst teaching. I would 100% recommend!!

I had an incredible experience with GOTOCO, both at my summer camp placement, where I gained as much from the children in confidence and experience as I could ever have imagined, but also in the friendships and experiences at the after-camp trip in Yangshuo. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore China, and something I would not have undertaken without GOTOCO!

Incredible opportunities with lots of support. A fantastic way of experiencing another culture

This was really fulfilling as an experience - I learnt so much about teaching and gained loads of confidence, made many new friends, and got to learn about and live in an entirely different country from the UK. It was an intense schedule but entirely manageable, and the end-of-programme trip involved many fun activities, the highlight being white water rafting

There was sufficient funding and organisation to make the trip a truly immersive cultural experience whilst also helping one gain soft skills used for teaching and practical work in the field.

I had a brilliant time teaching in China - very well organised and a brilliant way to experience the country.

This course was an excellent way to prepare me for teaching abroad. The TEFL course was funded, and I got the experience to teach abroad. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a big change in their life

It was an overall cool experience where I made lots of friends, saw many beautiful parts of china and got to have real world teaching experience with the support of the gotoco team. Although I struggled a bit with the teaching as we didn’t receive a lot of training beforehand. However, I think I got the hang of it through help from the coordinators and other participants.
It definitely teaches you to be more independent as a leader for young kids and independent as a young adult. You also learn how to be more flexible and how to deal with unprecedented circumstances. I wouldn’t recommend it to people who get stressed easily and aren’t comfortable going with the flow as you will be put in many situations without a lot of prior notice.
Despite all that I definitely don’t regret going and am very grateful for the opportunity to see China and have a unique and fun experience.

my experience on the China programme was incredible. you meet so many interesting people from all over and get to share the experience together. it's not just about teaching but completely immersing yourself in a new culture altogether. if you are looking for something to do over summer this is a really cheap way to have a super cool and unique experience!!!!!!

Incredible teaching experience in China

We explored remote and large cities within China. It was such a unique experience run by highly knowledgeable coordinators.

The teaching aspect was very rewarding, I learnt a lot about myself and about the teaching culture in China.

An experience I will not forget!

My experience with Gotoco in China was amazing! I had so much fun with all the other English teachers there and made so many new friends and the culture of China was so different but amazing to see.

The actual English teaching camps were so much fun as well, my classes were very well behaved and I had loads of fun teaching them and the kids had a lot of fun learning from me as well - they even gave me lots of little things to take home which was so sweet!

And the end of programme trip was so much fun, getting to do and see all those amazing things was just such a good way to end the trip!

When I first saw this program, I thought it was too good to be true. But it is real and it was amazing! I went on a summer program in China this summer and other than my flights there and any additional extras, everything was funded for me. I had a wonderful time overall; getting to see parts of China I wouldn't otherwise have experienced was incredible, the time teaching, whilst tiring at points, was incredibly rewarding, and getting to spend so much time with the other participants and getting to know and have fun with all of them was always fun and entertaining. I would recommend the program to anyone with an interest in teaching or just a love of volunteering and traveling!