Report on the "English for Junior High School Entrance Exams Seminar" Event

Hello, this is Kaburaki, GLI representative.

the other daySeminar on "English Application for Entrance Exams for Junior High School Entrance Examinations" was held.I did.

The seminar itself is divided into two main partsFirst half (part 1)"well

Types of English entrance examinations and examples
Introduction of examples of the use of English language qualifications
Organize the advantages and disadvantages of choosing the English-language entrance examination.　

and others.

Satisfaction was high from the parents who attended,

"It's not easy to gather information, so it was very helpful to have it organized and provided."(Satisfaction:very satisfactory)

"I wish I had found GLI earlier because I was not well informed about the exam. I wanted to rethink his personality and how far he can catch up with his studies now and look to the future."(Satisfaction:very satisfactory)

"I learned a lot because I had no idea about the English-enabled middle school entrance exam."(Satisfaction:very satisfactory)

"I appreciate the lack of information on the special entrance exam and comprehensive selection."(Satisfaction:very satisfactory)

"It was interesting to hear the strategy explained with the college entrance exam in mind. I had thought that the middle school entrance exam was more difficult than the college entrance exam to get into a higher ranked school, which I thought was inefficient considering my final education."(Satisfaction:very satisfactory)

We have received feedback that this is the case.

And,Second half (part 2)"Now, since this is my "educational mini-seminar," I will comment on that in this blog.

Record number of applicants for junior high school entrance examinations! What is the cause?

In 2023, a record 52,600 students took the junior high school entrance exam, surpassing 1991, the year with the highest number of examinees. The number of applicants for elementary school entrance examinations also recorded the highest number in the past five years. What is the cause for this despite the declining birthrate year by year?

The most significant factors are,Changes in university capacityI am sure you will.
Once upon a time, university entrance examinations were practically only general entrance examinations. But now...

Change in college entrance examinations called "Yearly Entrance Examinations".

A word that was popular last year,Yearly entrance examinations."Have you ever heard of the term

To go along with such a story.Weekly Diamond, Sept. 16-23.The year's entrance exam was covered extensively in the Please read on to find out what is approximately correct.

Ordinarily, general entrance examinations begin with the Common Test (the old Center Test) in January and move to individual entrance examinations for each university in February.The "end-of-year entrance examination" means that high school seniors can take the entrance examination before the end of the year (by December).

Even though we have more than half of our recommended admissions capacity.

The entrance examination that takes place during the year is a recommendation examination, i.e., an entrance examination within the year.The fact that the capacity of its recommended entrance examinations is larger than that of its general entrance examinations.

Without knowing this fact, I would like you to imagine what would happen if we apply the same education and examinations to our children as we have done.

Junior high school entrance examinations are also increasing with special entrance examinations.

Similarly, for junior high school entrance examinations, in addition to the general 4-subject high road entrance examinationSpecial entrance examinations.is increasing. What is a special entrance examination?Thinking Skills Entrance Examination and English Proficiency Examination. We introduced schools that conduct English proficiency entrance examinations and sample entrance examination questions.

Let's develop a medium- to long-term strategy.

Besides that, we talked in an hour about changes in education, examinations, and what you should prepare for now as a parent or guardian.

Briefly,If we don't take measures to prepare for entrance exams other than the general entrance exam, which we didn't even think about when we were kids, we'll be limiting our children's chances to take the entrance exam.We have informed you of the following.

Until now, all you had to do was to overcome the examinations each time, but from now on, you will be able toMedium- to long-term strategies are neededwill be.

I think it means that now that we have entered an era in which education itself, school selection, and examination styles are truly varied, families must be prepared for this diversity.

GLI is always available for individual interviews, so please feel free to contact us.

GLI Representative Kaburaki