英検2次面接試験　Second-stage oral English proficiency test by Nihon Eigo Kentei Kyokai

先月10月12日に全国約18,000会場で行われた1次筆記試験に合格した受験生の2次面接テストは3日後、11月9日（日）に全国一斉、約230都市、約400会場で行われます。

英検（http://www.eiken.or.jp/）
秋のテストは受験生が多く、すでに65歳で定年となった私にもまだ応援的に試験官を務めるよう今回も依頼がきました。2次面接テスト約400会場の内、三原、尾道地区の会場は尾道中学校・高校が試験会場です。
市内の小・中・高校での実用英語学習においても英検面接試験官経験者などによる支援制度ができればいいな、と思っています。
It is held 3 days later on November 9th (Sunday) all over Japan for the examinees who have passed the first-stage test last month on October 12. I am one of the examiners again this time though I retired from employment at the age of 65 after serving for 25 years. It is because they have too many examinees for the current working examiners.
Nihon Eigo Kentei Kyokai, or the Eiken Foundation of Japan (http://www.eiken.or.jp/eiken/en/ formerly the Society for Testing English Proficiency, Inc.), is a public-interest incorporated foundation established in 1963 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

Eiken produces and administers English-proficiency tests with the backing of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) and in cooperation with Japanese prefectural and local boards of education, public and private schools, and other leading testing bodies. Eiken-administered (primary) tests are taken by more than 2 million examinees annually at 18,000 locations all over Japan and the second-stage tests at about 400 locations in about 230 cities.