Company Information

Little America, Inc. consists of Little America English Schools, Little America Mail Order Service, and LATEM, an English teacher training organization which supports novice and veteran English teachers of all levels. We take pride in helping teachers nationwide.

The Little America Way

Our motto is, "You can depend on Little America." We are here to help YOU enjoy your time in our classrooms. With over twenty years of experience studying and observing how Japanese acquire English, we would like to share with you the results of our findings so they can be used at our school to your advantage. Little America, by helping teachers, parents and educators, hopes, in its own small way, to be a catalyst in triggering effective and real English education that Japanese can get their hands on and, as a result, be better able to successfully interact and communicate in a meaningful way with their neighbors all over the world.

How did we begin?

Little America began in 1979 in Helene Jarmol Uchida's husband's judo dojo where she taught English on tatami mats to three elementary school children. As word spread, more and more students came until there was no space to teach all of them. Classes increased; teachers and staff were hired and trained; buildings were rented, and word even spread outside of Fukuoka. With the strong belief that Japanese need to experience English rather than study it, Little America expanded into Little America Mail Order Service and LATEM (an English teacher training organization). Little America is now a vital force in the emerging English education field nationwide. Today, the company takes pride in its reputation as an innovator and pioneer in the industry.