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matador · Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 281

Anyone know about this place? I saw they advertised in the Japan Times yesterday. I was thinking about applying.

Brooks · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1369 Location: Sagamihara

if they are in Shinjuku and Shibuya, yes I know them.
Are you looking for part-time work? If so, they are ok.
Better than Nova, Gaba, and their ilk.

TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Brooks,

I was lurking this thread...

How is Nichibei better than the other kinds of eikaiwa?

I'm not being facetious. I'm just curious about how other, smaller eikaiwa stack up in terms of student-teacher ratio, continuity with teachers and students, employee policies, etc.

Sherri · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:48 am Post subject:

If it is the Nichibei in Yotsuya
http://www.nichibei.ac.jp/

It is a very good school indeed. They are mostly known for their interpreting and translation classes. The payment for EFL teachers is well above average--or at least it was --I haven't heard recently. The teachers stay forever, so I think it would be hard to get a job there unless you were very lucky! They do not teach "conversation" but a full range of modalities up to advanced levels.

Sherri

Brooks · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1369 Location: Sagamihara

my wife worked for them for 7 years. For Japanese teachers, the pay isn't good, but at least the staff is friendly and the students want to learn.
What sucked is that my wife got a raise of 10 yen or less every year. Now that is a joke.
Now she works at universities. At one of them, she complains about lazy students all the time, but at Nichibei, she rarely did.

I used to work there from time to time as a sub when people were absent or on vacation.

If your main job is Nichibei, it won't be easy, but for part-time work, it is ok.

Brooks · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1369 Location: Sagamihara

Sherri is right. The Nichibei I mentioned is different.