Japan Private Language Teaching Goes 2.0
Summary
With Internets explosion in the late 90s, online matching systems for language tutors and students quickly showed up.The principle is simple : students fill a form which describes the "dream teacher", and they are returned the best matches.Bring back students and teachers by making the best use of general social networks such as Facebook or Twitter." After releasing the new version of teacher-in-japan.com , Mr Teixeira is expecting to double the number of its students within 3 months, relying on the success of social networks.Indeed, as soon as elementary school days, young students often attend private classes, in a country where success in studies is vital.It is also well-known that Japanese people are usually interested in other cultures and countries.Having this in mind, it is no surprise that the Japanese private language teaching market grew quite big over the years, as teaching jobs are the best opportunity for foreigners to be employed.With Internets explosion in the late 90s, online matching systems for language tutors and students quickly showed up.The principle is simple : students fill a form which describes the "dream teacher", and they are returned the best matches.However, while these systems knew a vast success in the early 2000s, their importance started slowly decreasing over the last few years, overshadowed by more general network systems.In an attempt to bring fresh blood to the market, teacher-in-japan.com was created.