This is my third article on the English Center Test.
This time, let’s look at translation. Many English teachers in Japan feel that they need to translate English into Japanese, or that students need to translate the English in to Japanese. This has its uses, but they are few. This time, we will look at the Center Test and see what translation is necessary.
Here is a picture of the English Center Test, page one.
There is a lot of Japanese on the English Center Test! Wow. However, these are only directions, telling the students how to do the questions. Most of them do not read these anyway, since they have done these types of questions thousands of times.
So, is there translation on the English Center Test? No. Not even one question.
Why are some teachers translating? (yakudoku) I have no idea.