Seiha English Academy (セイハ英語学院, Seiha eigo gakuin) is a private eikaiwa English conversation school run by Seiha Network Co., Ltd. (セイハネットワーク株式会社, Seiha Nettowāku kabushiki gaisha) started primarily in western Japan for children from three months to 14 years old. It now has schools all over Japan from Hokkaido to Okinawa.[1] As of March, 2019, Seiha has 743 classrooms all around Japan and is employing more than 2,000 teachers. Students enrolled in Seiha's English Network recently passed the 50,000 student mark which makes Seiha the largest children's English School in Japan.[2]
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| Company type | Kabushiki kaisha |
|---|---|
| Industry | Language instruction |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | Fukuoka |
Key people | Masami Sakaguchi (CEO) |
| Website | www |
Teaching style
editNative-English speaking teachers co-teach in tandem with native-Japanese teachers.[3][unreliable source?][4] Seiha's curriculum includes Total Physical Response-style teaching.[4]
Mascot
editThe academy's mascot is 'say hello', an anthropomorphic yellow bear dressed as a postman.
References
edit- ^ Guide in course SEIHA.com (in Japanese)
- ^ Seiha English Academy website Classroom list Retrieved on June 1, 2012
- ^ Seiha English Academy
- ^ a b Chosen reason (in Japanese)
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)