Development and Verification of Japan Standards for Foreign Language Proficiency-based on the CEFR

我们开发了“日本外语能力标准（JS）-基于CEFR”。我们的目标是使JS一个适当的规模，在日本的社会和文化背景，以适应相关的和可用的日语环境中的英语教学。为了实现这一目标，在语言材料和指定级别方面，我们一直在努力与学校教师合作，在一些教室中验证JS，以便更容易适应日语环境。我们期望JS提供足够的效度，并有效地促进日本英语教学的改进。

We developed “Japan Standards (JS) for Foreign Language Proficiency-based on the CEFR”. Our goal is to make JS an appropriate scale in tune with social and cultural contexts in Japan in order to be relevant and usable in the Japanese context of ELT. In order to accomplish this goal, with regard to language materials and designated levels, we have been trying to validate JS in some classrooms in cooperation with school teachers, so that it can be more readily accommodated to Japanese settings. We expect that JS provides sufficient validity, and contributes effectively to the improvement of English teaching in Japan.