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This study describes changes that have been made in Japan’s National Center Examination for University Admissions (hereainfter Senta Shiken) by comparing the 1981 and 2006 versions of the test. An analytical outline of both tests was performed primarily with a top-down focus upon the categories of text type, topic and genre, task type, and skills required. Consideration was also given to the weighting of the various sections and tasks. The purpose of the study was not only to note new developments made in line with recent Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, and Technology (MEXT) measures regarding university entrance exams and English education policy in general, but also to update the seminal work of Brown and Yamashita’s (1995) analysis of Japanese university entrance exams and recommendations later made by Brown (2000). This study also briefly comments on positive washback that the Senta Shiken could have on high school English pedagogy in Japan. 本論文は1981年と2006年の大学入試センター試験を比較検討したものである。分析結果を基に、テキストの型、トピックとジャンル、タスクの型、測定対象となっている技能について変化しているのか否かを検証した。検証の主な目的は最近の大学入試の傾向を、英語教育全般に関する文科省の政策に照らして検討するものであった。さらにBrown & Yamashita (1995) による日本の大学入学試験に関するデータを再度検証した。 |
