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AEON-Amity, commonly known as Amity is a chain of private English schools (eikaiwa) in Japan. It operates independently from the larger AEON corporation since 1994. AEON schools primarily focus on adult students, whereas Amity schools cater predominantly to children, ranging from babies to teenagers.

The company is headquartered in Okayama and has over 70 schools in Japan.

Curriculum and Teaching Methodology

Aeon-Amity bases its curriculum off of the English as a foreign language (EFL) learning principles of speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. The teaching methodology employed at Amity incorporates visual, audio, and kinesthetic learning styles. Teachers use props to enhance lesson context and meaning, and employ repetition to correct language errors. Teachers also commonly use teaching materials such as songs, books, and other print-based and non-print-based materials.

Lesson Types

Amity offers group lessons, semi-private lessons, private lessons, and interactive lessons. Depending on the type of lesson, instruction time will range from 40 to 50 minutes.

Teachers

Amity hires teachers from both Japan and abroad. Teachers from abroad are given the title of Native English Teacher (NET), and they must have native-level English proficiency.

In order to teach at Amity, prospective teachers must possess a bachelor's degree.

The salary for beginning teachers is 275,000 yen before deductions and taxes. The typical work week runs from Tuesday to Saturday.

Scandals

On June 4, 2011, a 22-year-old woman who worked for the Kanazawa branch of Amity committed suicide. The Kanazawa Labor Inspections Office determined she had died from karoushi, or death from overwork. Officials estimated that the woman had worked roughly 111 hours of overtime each month, with 82 of those hours of that time being spent working at home.

References

  1. "Teaching". Amity. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  2. "FAQ". Amity. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  3. ^ "Teaching English in Japan at Amity Job Requirements". Amity. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  4. "Aeon subsidiary Amity implicated in teacher's suicide". www.generalunion.org. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  5. INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (17 September 2015). "【衝撃事件の核心】「火曜日に自殺願望ピーク迎えました」過労で命絶った女性講師 〝持ち帰り残業〟の地獄". 産経WEST (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-23.

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