Baskadia

ホンマにアホやなぁ！（６）

　でも、本当に英語教育界にまともな人はいないのだろうか？私が四日市高校や名古屋大学の教育学部で出会った学生の中にはまともな人もいた。それで、日本一レベルが高い東大や京大を受けてみることにした。

　京大は英語の試験が和訳と英作文という珍しい大学だ。それで、まず「京大模試」とＺ会の「京大即応」を受講してみた。京大模試は河合、駿台、代ゼミなどを１０回。Ｚ会は８年間やって、じっくり研究してみた。

　ランキングに載り、Ｚ会からは「六段認定証」というのももらったが、毎回の添削は納得がいかなかった。京大模試の採点も同様だ。それで、
「いったい、だれが採点してんだ？」
　と思い調べてみた。しかし、企業秘密で分からない。ただ、自分が勤務していた予備校の講師レベルだろうとは推測できた。受験参考書どおりの訂正がなされていたからだ。

　But are there really no sane people in English education? Some of the students I met at Yokkaichi High School and the Education Department of Nagoya University were decent. So I decided to take a test at the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, which have the highest level of education in Japan.

　Kyoto University is a rare university where the English exam consists of Japanese translation and English composition. So, I first took the "Kyoto University Mock Exam" and Zukai's "Kyoto University Sokuyo". I took the Kyoto University Mock Test 10 times from Kawai, Sundai, Daizemi, etc. I took the Zukai test for 8 years and studied it carefully.

　I was ranked in the rankings and also received a "Rokudan Certificate" from Z-kai, but I was not satisfied with the corrections I received each time. The same goes for the grading of the Kyoto University mock examinations. So, I asked myself.
I wondered, "Who in the world is grading these exams?"
　So I tried to find out. But I couldn't find out because it was a trade secret. However, I could guess that it was probably at the level of an instructor at the prep school where I worked. The reason was that the corrections were made exactly as in the examination reference book.