On the Cooperation in the field of English literacy teaching between elementary schools and junior high schools : based on the concept of CEFR

摘要

The purpose of this study is to examine whether homeroom teachers in elementary schools can make appropriate tests of English for their pupils. Foreign Language Activities is supposed to be introduced in the 5th and 6th grade in elementary schools in 2011, but in that subject, the evaluation for the pupils should be reported in passage not in some points or grades. However, for these two years, pupils are expected to increase their English abilities, so some kind of tests should be necessary to evaluate their English abilities more clearly. In this study homeroom teachers try to make tests to evaluate the English abilities of the pupils, and tried them to the pupils. The results show that the pupils have enough ability of English to understand simple sentences and dialogues with the help of pictures and that homeroom teachers can make English tests which are appropriate enough to evaluate the English ability of the pupils within their limited working hours.