THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 28, 2022 at 17:14 JST
In the fiscal 2021 English speaking mock test, one of the questions asks test takers to describe each of the illustrations as if they are the depicted character. (Provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education)
Students headed to nearly 200 testing sites on Nov. 27 across Tokyo to take the first English speaking test with the results forming part of the entrance exams for metropolitan high schools. [Read More]
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