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Simon Paxton; Tae Yamazaki; Hannah Kunert – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2022
The entrance exams to Japanese universities have long been criticised for creating negative "washback" on English education in high schools in Japan, as teachers have often focused their teaching efforts on teaching grammar to prepare students for these exams rather than helping students to develop competency in spoken English. Many…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Koo, Jinseon; Lee, Eun-Joo – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2020
This study investigates the effects that three different test presentation formats, i.e., written Korean, written English and aural English, have on EFL learners' listening comprehension. A total of 169 Korean college students participated in this study. The participants were divided into six groups, by three presentation format types and two…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Native Language