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Article: JAPANESE STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE GRADE LEARNING ENGLISH.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- August 12, 1996
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The day when Sawako Mitsui, 20, and Midori Usuta, 21, score above 500 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language is the day they will celebrate.
The two study in the intensive English program at Temple University's branch here, and only by scoring at least 500 on the TOEFL, which assesses the English proficiency of foreign students preparing to study at American or Canadian universities, will they be able to enroll at Temple University's main campus in Philadelphia.
``I never thought TOEFL was going to be this hard,'' Usuta said wearily. After three years of concentrated study and 10 tries at the test, she had managed only 450.
``The ...