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Recently we see so many foreign tourists on the streets of Tokyo. Many people are saying that Japan is experiencing “over-tourism.” As a regular citizen, I do not mind that, as long as the traffic is not too bad and as long as the tourists follow the local regulations and […]

Favorite Japanese Food

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on November 2, 2023 by Elena ECOM

Announcement: From September 2023, ECOM has started a new service called ECOM Cultures. The teachers introduce their native culture to the students in English. The service mainly focuses on Elementary, Junior High and High Schools in Japan. All classes are conducted online. It is still in the experimental stage, but […]

ECOM Cultures

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on October 27, 2023 by Elena ECOM

Recently, I have been doing a lot of translations of students’ comments and noticed certain patterns in the responses. So, with the permission of the management I put together the “TOP 10 COMPLAINTS OF ONLINE STUDENTS” or in other words “What should teachers be aware of when teaching online!” 1. […]

TOP 10 COMPLAINTS OF ONLINE STUDENTS

This entry was posted in Teaching TIPs on March 5, 2020 by Elena ECOM

Hello! Today let us introduce the teacher with the highest salary at Ecom, so you can easily imagine the Ecom working style. Profile of the Top Teacher at Ecom: – Nationality: American – Language of Instruction: English – Location: USA – Gender: Male – Working at Ecom: 10 years (as […]

Ecom Top-Paid Teacher

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on July 16, 2017 by Katsu

What type of computer do you usually use? Are you a Windows? Mac? Tablet or smartphone user? Ecom teachers are required to use a keyboard and multitasking device for online lessons. That’s the reason why smartphones and tablets are prohibited for online lessons. Have you heard about Chrome Book? If […]

Chrome Book for Online Lessons

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on August 4, 2016 by Katsu

Hello everyone! How are you doing? We have many teachers asking us, when the students are most likely to book lessons. Since most of our students are Japanese businessman, the rush hour of lessons are the Japanese mornings ( 5.00 am till 8.00 am) as well as Japanese evenings ( […]

Having lessons during Japanese Holidays

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on December 3, 2015 by Julia Ecom

Hello everyone, how are you doing? It’s getting quite cold already, but I hope you didn’t catch a cold. Today I uploaded the last part of the students voice from October for you. Tey are very positive comments and very motivating for the teachers. I hope you enjoy reading. If you […]

The voice of our students October 2015 (3)

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on November 29, 2015 by Julia Ecom

Hello everyone! This is Julia from Ecom. How are you doing? Today I will share the second part of the voice of our students. There are many usefull comments from our students. All comments were translated from Japanese into English. If you have any questions, just leave a comment. Best […]

The voice of our students October 2015 (2)

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on November 24, 2015 by Julia Ecom

Good evening, how are you? Today I will introduce you to our teacher evaluation. Every three month we ask our students to rate the quality of their teachers lessons. Based on students evaluation, the teachers rank (A-B-C) will be calculated and accordingly the payrate changes. Besides the evaluation, some of […]

The voice of our students October 2015 (1)

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on November 18, 2015 by Julia Ecom

Hello! How is everyone doing? It’s getting cold recently and everyone is in Christmas mood. Besides planning your Christmas presents for your friends and family, it’s the time when you think about your holidays. Working from home with your own schedule of course means that you are able to adjust […]

How to plan your vacation

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on November 12, 2015 by Julia Ecom

Good day, everyone! This is Julia from Ecom. How are you doing? As you know, Skype is the most important tool for lessons with Ecom. Unfortunatly although it’s a high quality, easy to use programm, there are some days when Skype just don’t want to work. It […]

S.O.S Guide- What to do if Skype doesn’t work?

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on September 29, 2015 by Julia Ecom

Hello everyone! I hope that you’re doing well with the summer, enjoying it where you are. Today I wanted to talk about the class memos. They’re a pretty important part of the lessons as you know, at Ecom you can use the last 5 minutes of your lesson time to […]

What is a class memo and how to write a ...

This entry was posted in Recruitment NEWS and others on September 15, 2015 by Julia Ecom