It's snowing all day today. It's very rare in Tokyo. It seems that full-fledged snow in Tokyo is for the first time in five years, I don't remember the snow 5 years ago though.
Today was the University Testing Center Examination day. I feel sorry for entrance test takers. They had to go to the test sites in this snow.By the way, from this year, listening test of English was added to the Center Exam. We Japanese learn English, for 3 years in junior high school and for 3 years in high school. (And more 2 years in university) But most Japanese can't speak English. So adding listening test in the Center Exam may be one of the attempts to change English education in Japan. I've heard mock exam a little in the news. Hmm... It seems to be very easy test. I wonder it isn't useful attempt...
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I guess like some other asian countries, especially developed ones, Japan's very proud of their own national language. Making the test harder probably only discourage people from picking up English, then again... maybe, the Education Dept. isn't really keen on pushing English as a second language.
Snow in Tokyo is rare eh?
Yes, it seldom snow in Tokyo. So Tokyo is weak in snow. When it snow in Tokyo, the transportation network is damaged and some people get injured.
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