Structured Practice

Japan university-specific admission task 2: research motivation

Descriptive / interview

Descriptive / interview 0 marks 60 minutes 800 words

Task instructions

Plan first, respond directly to the task, and use the current official notice or syllabus as the final authority.

University-specific admission practice: complete a research motivation task for a hypothetical Japanese university department. State assumptions, show reasoning, and adapt the response to the department’s published requirements.

Suggested approach

Issue; governing principles; analysis; evidence; conclusion or next step.

Official-style scoring criteria

Use the TestInFlow rubric for practice only; do not treat it as an official score conversion.

Self-assessment rubric

Accuracy, relevance, structure, reasoning, language control and stage-specific professional judgement.