STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAM ESSAY EXPECTATIONS

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Data provided by ETS, the company that creates and administers the TOEFL exam, reveals that Japanese students perform poorly relative to students in other Asian countries. The Japanese English education system's relative lack of focus on speaking and listening skills explains the poor performance on those areas of the test. However, Japanese students do spend significant time studying grammar, vocabulary, and writing, which presents an apparent inconsistency with TOEFL writing scores. This paper examines misunderstanding of what constitutes a good essay as a partial explanation of this phenomenon.

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  • CRID
    1390290699843033856
  • NII Article ID
    120005899091
  • NII Book ID
    AA00207525
  • DOI
    10.15057/28245
  • HANDLE
    10086/28245
  • ISSN
    00732788
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Article Type
    departmental bulletin paper
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • IRDB
    • CiNii Articles
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    Allowed

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