GEOS (eikaiwa)

rdf:langString GEOS (eikaiwa)

rdf:langString GEOS

rdf:langString 株式会社ジオス

rdf:langString GEOS

rdf:langString 株式会社ジオス

rdf:langString www.geos-network.com

rdf:langString www.geos.co.jp

rdf:langString Language instruction

rdf:langString Tsuneo Kusunoki president and CEO

rdf:langString Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

rdf:langString GEOS logo.svg

rdf:langString GEOS (株式会社ジオス, Kabushiki Kaisha Jiosu) was one of the Big Four private eikaiwa, or English conversation teaching companies, in Japan. Its extensive network of overseas schools made it the world's largest language school chain. The firm went into bankruptcy in Japan on April 20, 2010. Its headquarters were in the Shin Osaki Kangyo Building (新大崎勧業ビルディング, Shin Ōsaki Kangyō Birudingu) in Shinagawa, Tokyo. GEOS (eikaiwa), which stands for Global Education Opportunities and Services, was formed in 1973 by Tsuneo Kusunoki. The first school was based in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, also the location of one of the company's main registered offices. The GEOS eikaiwa group also ran children-only schools called "Kodomo Schools" (子供校) throughout Japan. The adult GEOS eikaiwa schools had themselves taken on more classes for children. As of February 2007, GEOS had a total of around 500 "Kodomo" and adult schools in Japan and over 55 schools outside Japan. The main language the school taught was English. Other languages included French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese and Korean. The school also taught Japanese to foreigners living in Japan at their Kudan Japanese Culture, Research Center and Language Institute in Kudanshita, Tokyo. The school used a one-teacher system it calls "Tanninsei" where students keep the same teacher for an extended period of time and advertised this system as having benefits of promoting continuity and strong teacher-student relationship. The GEOS Eikaiwa Corporation filed for bankruptcy on April 21, 2010; 99 schools were closed and the remaining 230 were sold to G.Communication, which is also the "sponsor" of Nova. On October 1, 2010, the schools were resold to Inayoshi Capital. The GEOS Eikaiwa Group has subsequently ceased trading. After a successful purchase in 2011 the German-based Sprachcaffe Languages Plus currently operates 11 of the former GEOS eikaiwa schools under the GEOS brand.