Tochigi Public High School Entrance Examination - English case studies

The Tochigi Public High School Entrance Examination in English is the English component of the prefectural admission selection used by Tochigi's public high schools. It is taken by students finishing junior high school in Tochigi who are applying to prefectural public high schools, and by eligible applicants from outside the prefecture or from earlier graduating cohorts. The score contributes to a selection that also weighs school records and, at many schools, interviews and other materials, so English is one input rather than a pass/fail gate. The paper tests the four skills Japanese junior high English builds: listening, reading of short and longer passages including practical information retrieval, grammar and vocabulary inside contexts rather than as isolated items, dialogue and situational response, guided writing, sentence reordering, and sound–spelling awareness. The Tochigi Public High School Entrance Examination - English case studies are 5 cases and about 1,719 words.