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The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
Introduction
The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) has been offered by the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (formerly Association of International Education, Japan) since 1984 as a reliable means of evaluating and certifying the Japanese proficiency of non-native speakers. At the beginning, there were approximately 7,000 examinees worldwide. In 2011, there were as many as 610,000 examinees around the globe, making JLPT the largest-scale Japanese-language test in the world.
Over time, test applicants have become more diverse, and use of JLPT results has expanded from skill measurement to include employment screening and evaluation for promotions and pay raises as well as use as a form of qualification. Many outstanding suggestions for improvement were also submitted by a wide variety of individuals around the world.
To ensure the continuing relevancy and accuracy of the JLPT, the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services introduced a revised version of…
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The difficulty of learning a second language
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The recent debate over Singapore’s bilingual policy has seen the emergence of two opposing camps on the issue.
On the one hand, some believe the standard of the Mother Tongue Languages should be kept high for all students.
But others argue that there should be more flexibility to cater to the less linguistically-gifted.
Taking a step back from the sometimes emotionally-charged debate, Jeremy Koh finds out how hard is it for non-Chinese to master Mandarin, a notoriously difficult language to pick up.
This is 23-year-old Bill Albertson’s self-introduction in Mandarin.
“My name is Bill, I stay in Japan and I’m working as an English teacher now. I stayed in Beijing for a year. I like to play computer games, and I like reading Chinese books too. I also like learning foreign languages, like French and Italian, and now i’m learning Japanese.”
Bill, who’s from the United States, learnt…
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