Research on Developing a Standard Test of measuring Ability of Kanji Vocabulary for Learners without Kanji Background

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We developed a standard kanji test for learners with no kanji background, which can -indicate the estimated level of their knowledge of kanji vocabulary as well as their practical ability in using kanji by evaluating their kanji processing abilities from various aspects, such as character pattern recognition, meaning comprehension, reading processing, writing processing, usage processing and phonetic processingIn 2000 we conducted a trial test at the International Student Center, University of Tsukuba and at the University of California, San Diego. From the results, we revised a standard test for learners with no kanji background. In 2001 we conducted a standard test in Tsukuba and also at UCSD. We also held a briefing session in cooperation with University of Hawaii and other educational institutionsA revised test was conducted in 2002 both in Tsukuba and at UCSD. We read a paper on the research results at the Third International Conference CASTEL/J 2002 at the University of California, San Diego in July. We also held a briefing session in cooperation with Kyung Hee University in Korea in MarchIn 2003 we started to develop a WEB-based test and completed the proto-type version. Using the proto-type version, we collected a test data of the students at the International Student Center, University of Tsukuba. We printed a mannual for the WEB-based test and also the final report of this research project