著者
田村 亮子
出版者
清泉女学院大学人間学部
雑誌
清泉女学院大学人間学部研究紀要 = Bulletin of the Faculty of Human Studies Seisen Jogakuin College (ISSN:21893632)
巻号頁・発行日
no.14, pp.41-60, 2017-03-15

Levels of Japanese learners’ proficiency in English have been divided into two extremes. Proficiency level of the one extream is B1 or higher on the CEFR scale, while that of the other is A2 or lower. What is needed for English learners to attain B levels is intensive and extensive reading training on the basis of an integrated understanding of English Grammar. The number of those who do not have enough opportunities for this training is increasing, however. This is the first of my papers in which I examine the reasons which underlie this bipolarization, the problems it has been causing in the fields of English education, society, culture, and politics, and suggest ways to solve those problems.
著者
田村 亮子
出版者
清泉女学院大学人間学部
雑誌
清泉女学院大学人間学部研究紀要 = Bulletin of the Faculty of Human Studies Seisen Jogakuin College (ISSN:21893632)
巻号頁・発行日
no.16, pp.41-54, 2019-03-15

The Ministry of Education and Science has decided to replace the English Test for the National Center Test for University Admissions with private-sector English tests (e.g.Eigokentei, TOEFL, TOEIC.et.al) . One of the biggest problems of this change of policy is the appropriateness and fairness of using the results of different kinds of tests as a standard for university admissions. The Ministry of Education and Science is going to use CEFR as the index with which the scores of different kinds of exams are compared. This study examines the kind of problems that will emerge from this change of policy.