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ECC (Education through Communication for the Community) is based mainly in the Kansai region of Japan and has 148 schools nationwide with many branches in the Chūbu and Kantō areas but has not entered into the rural market to the same extent as major competitors NOVA and GEOS. There are 5 schools in Kyushu, 56 in Kansai, 44 in Chubu, 40 in Kantō and Northern Japan, and 1 school in both Hiroshima and Okayama. The Kansai (Japanese: 関西) region of Japan, also known as the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki-chihō), lies in the Southern-Central region of Japans main island, Honshu. ... Chubu region, Japan Mount Fuji is the ChÅ«bu regions most famous landmark. ... Kantō region, Japan. ... Artists conception of a white dwarf star accreting hydrogen from a larger companion A nova (pl. ... GEOS may be: GEOS (eikaiwa), an Eikaiwa- company specialising in language education (usually English), based mainly in Japan Graphic Environment Operating System, denoting two distinct graphical user interface computer operating systems created by Berkeley Softworks, later GeoWorks: GEOS (8-bit operating system), for 6502-based home computers (HC/GEOS), primarily...

When Alles Toza Gaigo Gakuin English-language school closed in 1998, ECC was one of three language school chains to provide free lessons under certain conditions to former students in the Kansai region.^[2]

Teaching staff

The majority of the almost 600 foreign instructors employed at ECC are recruited abroad. A large number of these are recruited in Canada, where regular recruiting sessions are held. Periodic recruiting sessions are held in Australia, the US, the UK and more recently in New Zealand.

The average teacher's weekly schedule is made up of about half kids’English lessons, with the remainder of the schedule made up of different types of adult lessons. Some teachers are also chosen to teach lessons at businesses and universities. Teachers work a 29.5-hour p/wk (both teaching/non-teaching hours incl.) schedule and have about 7 weeks paid vacation per year. All teachers start at 252,000 yen per month salary. ECC does have limited voluntary overtime, mainly during the peak holiday periods when the list is long. Newly hired teachers receive 2 full weeks of training before being placed in classes, though more training is required for those chosen to teach more challenging types of classes.

Language instruction

ECC Foreign Language Institute offers a range of diverse courses ranging from 1.5 year- olds' "Mini Kids" classes to adults lessons. ECC also operates ECC Junior,^[3] which has thousands of small franchises nationwide, the majority operated by housewives teaching English to kids from pre-school to jr. high. They also send teachers to kindergartens and pre-schools. This is good extra cash for teachers at ECC Foreign Language Institute

See also

• Gogaku
• Eikaiwa
• GEOS
• AEON
• NOVA
• GABA

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References

1. ^ 'Eikaiwa' vets look beyond Big Four. Japan Times (July 31, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
2. ^ English-language schools offer Toza students seats. Japan Times (July 3, 1998). Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
3. ^ New curriculum sees parents push English for infants. Japan Times (Thursday, May 31, 2001). Retrieved on 2007-08-12.

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External links

• ECC's English page
• ECC's Japanese page
• General Union ECC Branch