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TAKAKO AIKAWA: So we have
the daily grade system.

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This is so students are
supposed to practice, you know,

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online exercises by
themselves before the class.

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And then-- so we grade their
performance in class based--

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and then based on
their performance,

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like the best performance is
going to be graded like 10.10.

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And then if students
just come to class

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without any preparation, they
may get either six or seven

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depending on the instructor.

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So daily grade system
is a great incentive

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for students to practice
outside of the class

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or before the class.

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So we had so-called interview
test twice for each semester.

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And what we do is actually
one to one kind of interview

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setting, usually, like, five
to seven minutes, again,

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depending on the level.

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That-- what we do as teachers
kind of elicit some questions

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so that student can
answer, you know,

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particular forms and
grammar patterns.

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So, the interview test, we
do like five to seven minutes

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for each student.

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If you have like 50 students,
having interview test

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itself is actually
a lot of work.

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We usually spend one day,
sometimes two days, actually.

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We like to give individually
feedback on their performance,

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but that itself, again,
additional, like,

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two to three days,
we cannot afford it.

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So we usually get
just a point, not--

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and then if there are some,
you know, specific issues,

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say, like, you know,
some students are not

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good at pronouncing
particular words,

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and then we provide
specific feedback.

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Otherwise, usually
we just spend--

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we just give the point.