GEOS (eikaiwa)
GEOS is one of the
Big Four eikaiwas (or private
English teaching companies) in
Japan.
GEOS, which stands for Global Education Opportunities and Services, was started in
1973 by Mr. Tsuneo Kusunoki. The first school was based in
Tokushima City,
Tokushima Prefecture,
Japan. The company has head offices in
Sapporo,
Tokyo,
Nagoya,
Osaka,
Okayama and
Fukuoka. GEOS also has permanent hiring offices in
London,
Vancouver and
Toronto. As well as the schools in Japan, GEOS also has an international network of 49 schools. You can find GEOS schools in the
United States, the
United Kingdom,
Australia,
Canada,
New Zealand,
Ireland,
Thailand,
South Africa,
Taiwan,
Korea,
France,
Malta,
Spain,
Singapore,
Hong Kong and
Costa Rica.
After over 30 years GEOS now has over 500 schools in
Japan, and nearly 50 schools in other countries around the world. The GEOS group also runs children only schools called "Codomo Schools" throughout Japan.
The main language GEOS teaches in Japan and its overseas schools is
English. Other languages taught at GEOS include,
French,
Spanish,
Italian,
German,
Chinese and
Korean. GEOS also teaches
Japanese to foreigners staying in Japan.
Outside of teaching members of the public in school in Japan, GEOS also runs its own publishing company (Textbook Research and Development), a company lessons division (G.C.I.), a
homestay agency (G.I.E.A.), a travel agency (G.S.T.) and an online learning company (e-GEOS) and a Mobile Phone School (GEOS Keitai)
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GEOS Career Information (English)
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GEOS Homepage (Japanese)
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Codomo GEOS (Japanese)
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GEOS Textbook Research and Development (Japanese)
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GEOS International Exchange Association (Japanese)
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GEOS Study Tours (Japanese)
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GEOS Communications International (Japanese)
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GEOS Mobile Phone School (Japanese)
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e-GEOS (Online School) (Japanese)
