Nanzan University (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) announced that it will expand the handling of scores for foreign language subjects for English proficiency test score holders from the 2018 entrance examination.

 Applicable if you have one of the English proficiency test scores of "TOEFL iBT", "IELTS", "TEAP", "GTEC CBT", and "Practical English Proficiency Test (Eiken)". If the total score of the four skills (Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking) meets the "Comprehensive Criteria Score" in one exam, the university entrance exam center exam for the university-wide unified entrance exam [center use type] and center use entrance exam The subject of "foreign language" is converted into a perfect score and a pass / fail judgment is made.
Of the four skills, if each skill does not meet the "minimum required standard score for one skill", it will not be included even if it meets the "comprehensive standard score".

 Until now, the use of the English proficiency test has been done by "recommendation / AO entrance exam", but in recent years, the use of "general entrance exam" has been increasing rapidly.According to Obunsha's "Number of Universities Using External Examinations for Entrance Examinations (2017)", 314% of 41 universities (out of 764 universities) use "Recommendation / AO Entrance Examinations", and "General Entrance Examinations". According to the report, 110% of 14 universities use external tests for entrance examinations.Therefore, taking an English proficiency test before the entrance exam may spread as a new college entrance exam style.
In addition, "Eiken" has the highest adoption rate of the English proficiency test for both "Recommendation / AO entrance exam" and "General entrance exam".It is said that the adoption rate of "TEAP", which was developed as a university entrance examination-only examination, is rapidly increasing in "general entrance examinations".
 
 Details on how to handle the scores of foreign language subjects of Nanzan University English proficiency test score holders will be announced in the "2018 Entrance Examination Guidelines" for each entrance examination type.

Reference: [Obunsha]2017 University Entrance Examination Survey Report

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