Tohoku University has announced that it will not use the English private test, which will be introduced in the Common Test for University Admissions starting in January 2021, as an application requirement and will not be used for pass / fail judgment.Because it was judged that it was not ready to be used for the entrance examination, it became a follow-up to the University of Tokyo and Nagoya University, which have already announced a policy that it is not mandatory to submit the results of the English private examination.
According to Tohoku University, it is desirable for the 2021 entrance examination to have the ability of "A6" or higher, which is the second from the bottom of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which consists of 2 levels of English proficiency. , Do not ask for a certificate when taking the exam.
The reason for not using it was that at the time of the first common test for university admission, there would still be issues in establishing a fair examination system for English private exams and evaluating grades.In a survey of high schools in the Tohoku region, only 1% of the respondents agreed with the mandatory English private exam, and 8% disagreed with it.Regarding the entrance examination for the following year, we will reconsider whether to introduce it in the future.
The English private exam is introduced to evaluate the four skills of "reading," "listening," "speaking," and "writing."The National Center for University Entrance Examinations will compare the results of different private exams by applying the results to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and evaluating them.The Japan Association of National Universities has also set a basic policy to utilize, but many universities have expressed concern that it may cause disparities in the place of residence and the economic situation of parents.
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