She did it!
Jan 29th 2012 09:14
One of my students, who took the STEP test, sent me a text message. She told me she would probably succeed in the test.
She did it!! She has been endeavoring to improve her English, so her efforts finally bore fruit. We got down to practicing speaking English for the interview test to add to our regular lessons. She told me that she would have butterflies in her stomach.
Anyway, I'm sure she'll attain one of her goals. ^^
She did it!! She has been endeavoring to improve her English, so her efforts finally bore fruit. We got down to practicing speaking English for the interview test to add to our regular lessons. She told me that she would have butterflies in her stomach.
Anyway, I'm sure she'll attain one of her goals. ^^
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Yes, The test has an interview part what we call 2次試験 in Japanese as you may know. (5th and 4th grades doesn't have it.)
It's relatively challenging for schoolers who are trying to pass them because they- almost all Japanese schoolers- don't have enough opportunities to interact with someone in English. As you mentioned, the test is more academic as compared with TOEIC.
>>Do they test pronunciation, or is it just to see how well you can communicate with speech?
They'll test both. It'll take about 10 minutes or so.
As for the 1st grade, we need to give a speech on a topic ranging from politic to current issues.