Teachers and the Tutorial Services in Japan

by admin | Mon, 06/15/2009 - 14:09

Besides colleges and high schools, there are numerous language cram schools that teach Mandarin Chinese, for example, the Modern Chinese Language Institute, AEON, Shane English School, B-Chinese, HAO, NOVA, Rizhong Academy, Saimaru Academy, Shentian Foreign Language Academy, Jintian Private School and etc. There are over 5,000 locations that provide Chinese learning courses. Please take a look at Table 1-2-3.10 for details.

Table 1-2-3.10      Examples of Major Chinese Language Cram School in Japan

 

AEON

Shane English School

Modern Chinese Language Institute

B-Chinese

Person In Charge

Yunqing An

Shane Lipscombe

Tianlin Lee

Yingxue Gao (China)

Founded

Founded in May 1973

Founded in 1977

Founded in 1974

Founded in July 2003

Capital

¥ 570,000,000

¥ 74,000,000

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¥ 10,000,000

No. of Employees

3,090 in the group

965

 

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Annual Revenue

Estimated

¥ 5,000,000,000

Estimated

¥ 4,510,000,000

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Course Content

Chinese and English language learning material development, courses via telephone and internet, study overseas and home stay business. 

 

English and Chinese

Classes are offered in small size for morning, afternoon and night times. The textbooks for the beginners, using Standard Mandarin Chinese Vol. I. And for the intermediate students, using Vol. II and Modern Chinese Textbook. “Modern Famous Essays I, II” and “Fable Collection.” Courses for conversation, translation and tour guides are also available.        

Chinese language teaching, translation, interpretation, introduction for studying overseas and home stay, and online language learning. 

Classroom locations

Tokyo, Yokohama, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Okayama, Fukuoka, Naha, about 326 schools. Internationa schools are located in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Sydney and etc.

Tokyo and more.

Tokyo Ikebukuro and more.

Tokyo, Ikebukuro, Iidabashi Bridge and New Bridge, and more.

Target

Enterprise, professionals and students

Adults and children

Enterprises and professionals

Enterprises and professionals

Source: TRI Edited (2007.10)

The Chinese cram school industry in Japan is generally facing more competition from new schools and teaching methods. The older operators included Rizhong Academy, Zhongyan Chinese Language, Asahi Institute, Asia Challenge, TLI Tokyo, Shogakukan and etc.