Kagawa Entrance English

Most of the marks sit in reading comprehension: understanding the main claim, the logic between paragraphs, and the meaning of specific expressions in context. Grammar, vocabulary, and sentence ordering carry smaller shares, and some faculties add a short English composition. Listening appears only where the faculty's selection method lists it.

The university sets and publishes the current timetable and paper structure each year, and they can change between years and between faculties. Check the official admissions website for the year you are applying rather than relying on older accounts, and build your practice timing from the most recent paper you can obtain.

Candidates generally describe it as demanding but fair: passages are long and abstract enough to punish slow reading, but the questions usually reward close attention to the text rather than obscure knowledge. The main risk is running out of time, not meeting unknown vocabulary.

There is no limit on how many times you may sit the entrance examination in different years; you simply apply again in a later cycle. Whether the university accepts a previous year's result, and how absences or score adjustments are handled, is stated in the official guidelines, so confirm there.

Start with vocabulary and basic sentence parsing so that reading is not blocked at word level. Then move to full past papers under time pressure, reviewing every wrong answer against the passage. Add composition practice only once reading is stable, and leave listening drills for faculties that require them.

Three recurring causes: answering from general knowledge instead of the passage, writing short answers that are grammatically incomplete or miss the required element, and misallocating time so the final long passage is rushed. Practising with a clock and checking answers against the exact wording fixes most of this.

Answer the question that was asked, in the tense and form it requires, using the passage's own vocabulary where possible. Keep within any stated word limit, and check subject-verb agreement and articles before moving on. A correct idea in broken English often loses the mark.

Kagawa University's official admissions website publishes the selection method, subject requirements, application periods, and fees for each faculty and year. Those pages are the only authoritative source; this page is independent study guidance and does not represent the university.