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It is a combination of the word eikaiwa (英会話, English language conversation) and gakkō (学校, school) or kyōshitsu (教室, classroom). Although the Japanese public education system mandates that English be taught as part of the curriculum from the fifth grade, the focus is generally on English grammar . [ 2 ]
Shane English School (シェーン英会話, Shēn Eikaiwa) is a chain of English conversation schools in Japan and other countries. [2] It was founded by Shane Lipscombe [3] in Chiba Prefecture in 1977. [4] Formerly part of the Saxoncourt Group, it is now owned by the cram school operator Eikoh.
Rosetta Stone Learning Center (ロゼッタストーン・ラーニングセンター, rozettasutōn rāningusentā) is a chain of eikaiwa (English conversation) and French conversation schools in Japan. The company was founded in 2004 [1] and is currently headquartered in Ginza, Tokyo. There are ten schools under three brands.
Epion (エピオン, epion) is a private eikaiwa English conversation school owned by the Mabuchi Education Group, a juku chain in Japan. Epion's students are largely pre-school aged-children through to teenagers. Many of them later go on to study at the Mabuchi jukus. It has 17 schools, 2,500 students and 35 foreign teaching staff. [1]
The English language is seen as an aggressive and individualistic language which is the opposite of the Japanese language and culture. For a more reserved Japanese citizen to force themself to be more 'outgoing' and 'outspoken' when they speak English, it is a direct conflict of how they should talk in the Japanese government's minds.
Japan's "largest convocation of language educators", [1] JALT has 2,800 members, [2] many of whom are non-Japanese who have settled in Japan. [3] Each member may belong to a local chapter, and has the option of also belonging to Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
The Open University of Japan (放送大学, Hōsō Daigaku, formerly The University of the Air, the English name of the university was changed on 1 October 2007) is a distance learning university which has students from all over Japan; it accepted its first students in 1985. [1]
Social education (shakaikyôiku 社会教育) is the Japanese word for nondegree-oriented education. Modern Japan is unquestionably a society that values education highly ( see Education in Japan ). Diverse institutions, such as the miscellaneous schools, provide social education services.