7 Best ESL Courses on Coursera
We compared 7 Esl courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including Arizona State University, Tsinghua University and University of California, Irvine. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 7
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 7 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to this topic by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Teach English Now! Foundational Principles
Offered by Arizona State University
Through a series of engaging metaphors and stories, prospective and current EFL/ESL teachers will identify, summarize, and evaluate 7 basic language learning paradigms. Learners will be presented information on such foun...
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Teach English Now! Teaching Language Online
Offered by Arizona State University
Whether you have already taught English as a Second Language and want to start teaching it online, you've already been teaching ESL online and want to sharpen your skills, or you are new to teaching and interested in tea...
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Learn English
Offered by Tsinghua University
This specialization is intended for English as a Second Language Learners (elementary, intermediate, and advanced). No prior knowledge is required for these courses. Through 4 courses, Conversational English skills, Just...
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Vowels of American English Pronunciation
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This is the second course of The Pronunciation of American English specialization. In this course, you will learn and practice all of the vowel sounds of American English, including pairs of vowels that may be easy to co...
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Verb Tenses and Passives
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This is the first course in the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation specialty. In this course, you will review the verb tenses that you learned in beginning English classes and learn about a few tenses you ma...
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Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This specialization follows our Learn English: Intermediate Grammar specialization and includes more advanced grammar concepts such as noun clauses and conditionals. You'll also learn how to blend verb tenses effectively...
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Learn English: Beginning Grammar
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This specialization is for those who want to study English grammar at the beginning level. Through the three courses in this specialization, you will learn the fundamental features of English grammar such as word forms,...
$49.00listed price
Best ESL Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Teach English Now! Foundational Principles | Coursera | Arizona State University | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Teach English Now! Teaching Language Online | Coursera | Arizona State University | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Learn English | Coursera | Tsinghua University | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Vowels of American English Pronunciation | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Verb Tenses and Passives | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $79.00 | View → |
| 6 | Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | Learn English: Beginning Grammar | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 7 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Arizona State University, Tsinghua University and University of California, Irvine — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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