CAP Exam English Section Deemed Moderately Easy; Icelandic Language Question Set Tests Cross-Disciplinary Media Literacy

Central News Agency (CNA reporter Hsu Chih-wei, Taipei, 17th) — The Comprehensive Assessment Program (CAP) for Junior High School Students concluded today. Cram school teachers believe the English section's vocabulary questions were not difficult, and grammar questions were standard. The reading comprehension sets were based on daily life topics, such as an Icelandic language question set that integrated English and Social Studies to test media literacy skills through news reports. Overall, the section was considered moderately easy. The 115th CAP concluded at noon today, after which the Psychological and Educational Testing Research and Development Center at National Taiwan Normal University released the questions and reference answers. The Taipei City Association of Tutoring Education Business and the Republic of China Association of Tutoring Education each invited cram school teachers to analyze the characteristics of the exam questions. English cram school teacher Lin Hsi stated that the difficulty of this year's English section was similar to last year's, with the number and types of questions also largely the same. This year, there were 9 vocabulary questions of low difficulty and 10 standard grammar questions with no 'killer' questions. The reading section included 8 passages, such as comics, resort information, and a diagram on the formation of sea glass, with topics leaning towards daily life. The overall difficulty was moderately easy. Lin Hsi cited the sea glass question set as an example, which required students to organize information and make inferences from images paired with text. The Icelandic language question set provided two news reports, combining English and Social Studies content and incorporating media literacy issues. This aimed to encourage students to maintain critical thinking in an age of information overload and to observe different perspectives on the same issue. Regarding the characteristics of the questions, Lin Hsi mentioned the appearance of more innovative question formats this year. For example, question 28 asked which word was not used to describe the protagonist in the article, testing for detailed understanding rather than general comprehension, a question that high-scoring students would be better able to handle. The listening test portion had some questions with subtle implications, making it slightly more difficult than in previous years.