The historical background of English listening comprehension tests in the National Center Test and their evaluation

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  • UCHIDA Teruhisa
    Research Division, the National Center for University Entrance Examinations
  • OTSU Tatsuo
    Research Division, the National Center for University Entrance Examinations

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  • 大学入試センター試験への英語リスニングテストの導入に至る歴史的経緯とその評価

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<p>The Nation-wide University Entrance Examinations are high-stakes tests because their results determine students' futures. Therefore, English listening comprehension tests in the National Center Test have carefully been investigated and discussed before they were implemented since the era of the Joint First-Stage Achievement Test. This report clarifies the lines of discussions in the last quarter of the past century aiming to explain the background and reasons the implementation of listening comprehension tests had repeatedly been postponed, and to unravel the motives for the abrupt announcement of inaugural listening comprehension tests in 2003. The current listening comprehension tests are then examined and evaluated. Finally, this study explores advantageous directions toward reforming large-scale examinations.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390854717575243776
  • DOI
    10.24690/jart.9.1_77
  • ISSN
    24337447
    18809618
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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