Seiha English Academy

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 January 2016, Seiha has 462 locations all around Japan and approximately 1,000 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]

Seiha English Academy
TypeKabushiki kaisha
IndustryLanguage instruction
Founded1985
HeadquartersFukuoka
Key people
Masami Sakaguchi (CEO)
Websitewww.seiha.com

Teaching style

Native-English speaking teachers co-teach in tandem with native-Japanese teachers.[3][4] Seiha's curriculum includes Total Physical Response-style teaching.[4]

Mascot

The academy's mascot is 'say hello', an anthropomorphic yellow bear dressed as a postman.

References
  1. Guide in course SEIHA.com (in Japanese)
  2. Seiha English Academy website Classroom list Retrieved on June 1, 2012
  3. Seiha English Academy
  4. Chosen reason (in Japanese)

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