Development and Validation of the Test of English for Academic Purposes (TEAP) Japan

Weir, C.J., F. Nakatsuhara, A.B. Green and L. Taylor

September 2010 - February 2013

Funding Body: EIKEN Foundation of Japan

Summary: This project has been assisting the EIKEN foundation of Japan and Sophia University in developing and validating a new admissions test for Japanese colleges and universities. The new test, the Test of English for Academic Purposes (TEAP), will test all four skills of English, and will be a standardised test with transparent specifications to offer clear guidelines to students and other stakeholders as to the content of the tests. A major aim of the project is to have a positive impact on English education in Japan by revising and improving the currently widely varying approaches to English tests used in university admissions. This test will offer a benchmark standard of the English skills needed by Japanese students to study at the university level in the EFL context of Japan. The test is planned for release in 2014.

Visit: https://www.eiken.or.jp/teap/group/report.html   toyokeizai.net/articles/-/12124 and www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/admissions/gakubu_kanren/teap