1. City’s English & HESS English 9331313 Janice 9331330 Edison 9331338 Zoe

2. Content 1. Introduction 2. City’s English 3. HESS English 4. Comparison & Contrast 5. Conclusion

3. Introduction 1. English in Taiwan has become more and more important. There are more and more English cram schools in Taiwan are established. 2. This report is mainly based on a face-to- face interview. 3. The results are conducted based on the interview, and they are divided into five sections.

4. City’s English

5. The history of City’s English This company was started ten years ago. At first, it was called 大衛美語. The boss dropped out and started his own business “City’s English” ( 大都 會美語 ) about eight years ago.

6. The service City’s provides “4” students in each conversation class only. Focuses on teaching adults English conversation. Teachers will call each student three times per month. extra lessons are freely offered if students can not pass move-up exam.

7. Course levels of City’s English

8. Employee requirements The basic requirement is “bachelor degree.” Teaching experiences is not really necessary. City’s is willing to train you into a good teacher. Passionate and enthusiastic of being an English teacher.

9. City’s overall vision City’s English provides business English courses. City’s recently gets the opportunity to be one of the co-agents in Taipei Literature Festival. You can read City’s column on China Times twice a month. City’s will open a branch school in Taichung

10. HESS English

11. The history of HESS English Mr. Joseph Chu, and his wife, Ms. Karen Hess, established Hess Educational Organization in 1983. Over the past 20 years, they have grown from Karen and Joe’s original 60 students to over 60,000 students in their various programs.

12. The service HESS provides International Kindergarten Young Scholar's English School Junior High English School International Studies Institute

13. The service City’s provides 1. Starter Course 2. Essential Course 3. Advanced Course 4. Honors Course

14. Employee requirements The basic requirement is “bachelor degree.” Teaching experiences is not really necessary. City’s is willing to train you into a good teacher. Passionate and enthusiastic of being an English teacher.

15. HESS overall vision In the 21st Century, HESS are eager to share their educational philosophy globally. Hess established the HESS Education Center in Singapore in 2004. Hess will establish a training Center in New Zealand in 2006.

16. C omparison & C ontrast

17. 1. The organizations of City’s and HESS English. City’s One cram school with 3 branches. Hess A well-organized group with educations, bookstores, publishing, and charitable associations.

18. 2. The locations of City’s and HESS English. City’s 3 branches in Kaohsuing. Hess 41 schools from Keelong to Pintong.

19. 3. Target customers of City’s and HESS English. City’s Age above 15. Focus on adults. Hess From kinds to adults.

20. 4. How does each of them think about the state of the market? Growing, static, or seasonal? City’s Growing. They think the economic situation in Taiwan is not good but it’s getting better because one of the reasons is the World Game in KS in 2009. Hess Growing. Although the birth rate is decreasing, but Hess think they are the best of the learning English market.

21. 5. The way that City’s and HESS English teach. City’s Focus on conversation. Want students to learn conversation and be able to apply their English knowledge into daily life. Hess Focus on conversation, vocabulary, and grammar. Hope students can pass GEPT.

22. 6. Major competitors of City’s and HESS English. City’s All English learning cramming schools are its major competitors. Hess All English learning cramming schools are its major competitors.

23. 7. The way that City’s and HESS English market their products and services. City’s Newspapers, magazines, and ICRT. Hess Mass media is the main way.

24. 8. Salary of City’s and HESS English. City’s NT$ 40,000 to NT$ 60,000. Hess NT$ 32,000 at beginning. After that, confidential.

25. 9. How long the teachers have to work a day in City’s and HESS English. City’s 8 hours. Hess 8 hours.

26. Conclusion English ability becomes more and more important. We students whose majors are English have English as one of our strengths, but we still need to build other strengths City’s English and HESS English are both good choices for us to work.

27. The End Thank you for attention.