There are many ways a Japanese person can learn English; each way will suit each person differently. You can learn by yourself by using textbooks, smartphone apps, and even TV and radio programmes although, how do you know you are acquiring the language or improving?
Other ways to learn are in classes in person or online, one-to-one, semi-private, or group lessons. Again, how do you know you are acquiring the language or improving?
Testing tests
Some English language learners take tests to assess their knowledge, however, from what I have witnessed, a valid answer will be marked as incorrect because it didn’t use the grammar point which was required. The answers were fine but a grammar point wasn’t forced into it so it was wrong!? Ridiculous!
The tests look for specific parts of the English language and if it goes out of these parameters, it’s “incorrect” The tests are not as flexible as the English language is! So again, how do you know you are acquiring the language or improving?
In the real world…
Use what you have learnt in a real-life situation, and speak to other people in English. Do they understand you? Do you understand them? Did you communicate well? Were there gaps in your vocabulary? How did you cope with misunderstandings? This is a good test and, in my experience, more useful than an arbitrary score on a test.
Real English communication
With our English Programme, we give assessments on students’ English communication. Masami and I will advise and guide them on how to improve communication and language acquisition.
Inevitably, self-study will always be a part of acquiring English but with our feedback, you can focus on what you need to learn or practise before trying again in the next assessment. You will know that you are acquiring the language and/or improving.
You don’t have to ask, “How’s my English?”, it’s all part of our service.
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