News Survey: English proficiency levels of HS students do not meet gov targets

[thomas]

According to a survey from December 2021, the English proficiency levels of Japanese junior high and senior high school students have again fallen short of the national government's goals. A total of 47.0% of third-year junior high students had an English ability equivalent to at least Grade 3 certification in the "Eiken" Test in Practical English Proficiency, while 46.1% of third-year senior high schoolers had proficiency levels equivalent to Grade Pre-2 Eiken certification or above. Both groups failed to reach the Japanese government's target of 50%, which it aims to achieve by the academic year of 2022.

As for results by prefecture or ordinance-designated city, the city of Saitama saw the highest percentage of middle schoolers fulfilling the English ability goals (86.3%) for the second time in a row, followed by Fukui Prefecture (85.8%). In third place, nearly 20 percentage points behind, was the city of Fukuoka (66.0%). The difference between the city of Saitama and the local body with the lowest proportion of students meeting proficiency standards widened from 45.4 points in the previous survey to 54.4 points.

Teachers were evaluated, too:

For nationwide middle schools, 40.8% of English teachers had a B2 proficiency level on the CEFR scale (equivalent to Grade Pre-1 Eiken certification), or higher, while the proportion was 74.9% for high school teachers. By local body, Fukui Prefecture saw the highest proportions for both middle and high school teachers, at 64.8% and 96.9% respectively. The local bodies with the second greatest rate of qualifying instructors was the city of Hiroshima (62.0%) for middle schools, and Tottori Prefecture (96.0%) for high schools.

English skills of Japan's middle, high schoolers fall short of gov't target: survey - The Mainichi

TOKYO -- The English proficiency levels of junior high and senior high school students in Japan recorded in a survey in the 2021 academic year have ag

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[Majestic]

I. AM. SHOCKED！！

 

[Grandpa Frank]

 

[mdchachi]

According to a survey from December 2021, the English proficiency levels of Japanese junior high and senior high school students have again fallen short of the national government's goals. A total of 47.0% of third-year junior high students had an English ability equivalent to at least Grade 3 certification in the "Eiken" Test in Practical English Proficiency, while 46.1% of third-year senior high schoolers had proficiency levels equivalent to Grade Pre-2 Eiken certification or above. Both groups failed to reach the Japanese government's target of 50%, which it aims to achieve by the academic year of 2022.



Teachers were evaluated, too:

English skills of Japan's middle, high schoolers fall short of gov't target: survey - The Mainichi

TOKYO -- The English proficiency levels of junior high and senior high school students in Japan recorded in a survey in the 2021 academic year have ag

mainichi.jp

It helps keeps the value of us Japanese speakers up.