What is the most important
grammatical item inreading common test?

table of contents
1 Background
2 Purpose
3 Research Question
4 about research
5 result
6 consideration
7 conclusion

Background
According to a TOEIC test…

perfectscore

Japan’sscorescoringrate

Japan’srank in theworldWriting

200

133

67％

29/32

Listening

495

296

60％

27/32

Speaking

200

114

57％

27/32

Reading

495

236

48％

29/32

low rank!!

Purpose
Improving English ability ofhigh school students throughEnglish reading common tests

Research Question
What is the most important grammaticalpoint in the reading common test ofuniversity admission?

Material・the common test of University Admission
2021~2022 questions 2,6・Center test
2015~2020 questions 4,6

8 years in total

Methods①analyze the common test of University
Admission and center test.
②count the number of grammatical items.

③make a graph① Put a marker on thesentence that is thebasis of the answer②Classify the sentence
into each grammaticalcategory

Methods①analyze the common test of University
Admission and center test.
②count the number of grammatical items.

③make graphGrammar items
auxiliary verb equality
passive
perfecttensecomparison
inﬁnitive
gerundparticiple
subjunctive
relative adverb
relative pronoun
formal subject

Methods①analyze the common test of University
Admission and center test.
②count the number of grammatical items.

③make graphCommon Tests and Center Tests Scores for each grammatical item

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2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

auxiliary verb

passivecompletion comparison

canbe
done

have
done

gerundformalsubject

equality

moreV
it is
it,that~than +doing that SV

relativeadverb

infinitive

participle

a man a day
whowhento dodoing, if I
done
had~

relativepronoun

subjunctive

Only center tests’ scores①②

Only common tests’ scores①②

Result
center test：infinitive (to do)common test：auxiliary verb(can) andcomparision(more~than)Why the increase in comparisons?

Hypothesis: Read more tables and graphs

Material・the common test of University Admission
2021~2022 questions 2,6・Center test
2015~2020 questions 4,6

8 years in total

Methods① Count the number of questions using tables
and graphs②Average ①③Compare ②

Result
the number of questions usingtables and graphs by year
common test

年個数

center test

2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

62143233

On average…
Yearly average number of questions
using tables and graphs〈center test〉〈common test〉

2.33→about 2

4about twice

The increase in "comparison"in the common test isdue to the increase in questions
reading graphs and tables.

Conclusion
Common tests havea lot of graph reading!

The most important grammatical items inreading common tests is…

comparisonReferences
・IIBC 一般財団法人 国際ビジネスコミュニケーション協会 （2021）「2020年 TOEIC Speaking & Writing Tests 世界の受験者スコアとアンケート結果を発表」

https://www.iibc-global.org/iibc/press/2021/p175.html 2022年4月27日
・「2020 REPORT ON TEST TAKERS WORLDWIDE:TOEIC Listening and Reading Test」
https://www.iibc-global.org/library/default/toeic/official_data/pdf/Worldwide2020.pdf
・東進 （2022）「共通テスト解答速報2022」
https://www.toshin.com/kyotsutest/2022/ 2022年9月28日
・Z会 （2021）「共通テスト【英語】の設問別正答率」
https://www.zkai.co.jp/kyotsu-test/result/eigo-rate/ 2022年12月21日

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