Oita Public High School Entrance Examination - English

Students completing junior high school in Oita who apply to prefectural public high schools. The English result feeds into each school's selection together with school records, interviews, and other materials. It is an admission test, not a language qualification, so it does not certify a level or expire.

Expect a listening section, short-passage and dialogue reading, longer reading with information retrieval, grammar and vocabulary items in context, and a guided writing task. The exact section order, item counts, and time allowance change by year, so check the current-year instructions from the Oita Prefectural Board of Education.

These figures are set for each administration and published by the Oita Prefectural Board of Education. They are not fixed across years and are not stated here. Read the current-year guidelines on the board's site before you plan timed practice, and use the most recent past paper to rehearse the real pacing.

There is no general repeat sitting for the same school year. Applicants who are unsuccessful may take part in later recruitment rounds if places remain, or apply again in a future year as permitted by the prefecture's rules. Confirm your own situation with your junior high school and the board of education.

It is pitched at the end of junior high school, so the grammar is familiar; difficulty comes from reading volume, paraphrase in the listening, and the need to write a coherent short paragraph quickly. Students who only memorise word lists tend to lose marks on inference and on organising their writing.

Start with grammar you can actually use in sentences, then reading speed, then writing. Do one past paper early to find your weak sections rather than guessing. Keep an error notebook by category, and spend most time on the section that costs you most marks, not the one you enjoy.

Write short paragraphs of four to six sentences with a clear topic sentence, one or two reasons, and a closing sentence. Reuse reliable patterns rather than translating from Japanese. Have someone check for tense consistency, subject-verb agreement, and plural endings, which are the most common point-losers.

Do short daily drills of two to five minutes rather than one long weekly session. Read the question before the audio, predict likely words, and note numbers, times, and names as you listen. After each drill, replay with the script and identify exactly which sound or phrase you missed.

Running out of time on the longer reading, answering from general knowledge instead of the passage, leaving the writing task blank or under length, and misreading question words such as why, how, and which. Practising with a clock and checking the question type before answering prevents most of these.

The Oita Prefectural Board of Education publishes the current-year admission guidelines, schedule, and past papers. Your junior high school also distributes the application documents. Use those sources for dates, fees, and scoring, and treat any third-party summary, including this page, as background only.