INTRODUCTION OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST TO ENGLISH EXAMINATION HELD BY NATIONAL CENTER FOR UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

日本的高中毕业生和高年级学生要参加所谓的“中心考试”。进入国立大学和一些私立大学。今年，约有57.4万名考生参加了这项考试。其中92%的人(530,000人)使用英语(参见德语=197，法语=212)。WW不难想象这次考试对高中英语教学的影响。这次考试是一场多项选择题的纸质考试，比例很高。然而，考试不包括听力和口语考试。日本学生经常因外语(英语)水平不佳而受到批评，尤其是在口语和听力方面。新修订的国家高中课程(1989)启动了以交际为导向的外语(英语)教育。并按要求开设了新科目《口语交际A/B/C》。几个英语教育机构。已经向国家中心请愿，要求在考试中引入听力测试。我们明白将听力测试引入考试是非常必要的。…更重要的是，但我们必须在实施之前解决问题(语言上、技术上、管理上)。本研究主要考察和澄清了以下几个方面：1.高考中心外语(英语)考试的目的和特点。2.团体提交的请愿书(包括教育部咨询委员会的建议)。3.新英语科目；口语交际A/B/C和听力测试。4.STEP、托福、托业、联合国等考试。5.中心英语考试、Abitur考试、国际考试的比较。文凭考试和同等学历考试。6.实验结果：中心英语考试在约9200个考场同时进行。教室的条件各不相同，从小教室到大的演讲厅和礼堂。实验一在剧场进行了三次托福式听力测试，每次都要求学生调换座位(左、中、右、前、中、后)，考察他们的成绩与座位位置的关系。在第二个实验中，我们检查了问题重复的效果。在第三个实验中，我们对100名学生进行了三种类型的测试，第一种是在小房间里，第二种是在大房间里。我们还通过更换设备进行了检查；通过扬声器发声，通过每个考生的CD盒通过耳机发声。较少

Japanese High school graduates and seniors take so called "Center Exam." to enter national universities and some private universities. This year about 574,000 examinees took this examination. And 92% of them (530,000) had English (cf.German=197, French=212). Ww can easily imagine the effect of this exam to high school English teaching. The exam is a multiple-choice paper test and well-proportioned one. However, no listening and speaking tests are included in the exam.Japanese students are often criticized for their poor command of foreign language (English) especially in speaking and listening. Newly revised national curriculum for high school launched (1989) communication-oriented foreign language (English) education. And new subjects, " Oral Communiction A/B/C " are introduced as required. Several English education associ. have petitioned the National Center for the introduction of listening test to the exam. We understand the introduction of listening test to the exam is very necess … More ary, but we have to solve problems (linguistically, technically, administratively) before carrying it out. This research has examined and clarified the following : 1.The aim and characteristics of foreign language (English) examination of National Center for University Entrance Examinations (the Center Exam). 2.Petitions by associs.(including proposal of advisory committee of Ministry of Educ.). 3.New English subjects ; Oral Communication A/B/C and listening test. 4.Examinations such as STEP,TOEFL,TOEIC,United Nations. 5.Comparison of the Center English Exam, Abitur Exam, Intl. Baccalaureate Exam and Equivalency Exam. 6.R esults of the experiments : the Center English Exam is given at the same time in about 9,200 rooms. The conditions of the rooms vary from small class rooms to large lecture theaters, and auditoriums. In the first experiment we gave TOEFL type listening test 3 times in the theater and each time asked the students to change their seats (left, center, right and front, middle, back) and we examined the relation between their achievement and the place of seat. In the second experiment we checked the effect of the repetition of the questions. In the third experiment we gave three types of test to 100 students, first in the small room and second in the large room. We also examined by changing the device ; sound via speakers, sound via earphone of each examinee's CD cassette. Less