Metrical text analysis of a medical English test

Abstract

According to the White Paper on Tourism for 2017, approximately 24 million foreigners come to Japan for sightseeing in 2016. It can be said that it is just the time of sightseeing right now. Therefore, the necessity for using English, which can be said to be a world common language, has been increased. As a measurement of English communication skills needed on the site, the “Certification for Bilingual Medical Staff” started in 2011. In this study, English sentences in a workbook that follows the “Certification for Bilingual Medical Staff” were investigated to educe the metrical linguistic characteristics. In short, frequency characteristics of character- and word-appearance were examined.