Basic Research for the Development of Web-based Japanese Language Proficiency Test

本研究的目的是开发面向全球学习者的日语水平考试网络测试工具。日本学生服务机构和日本基金会联合制定的现行测试计划是纸笔测试。要求考生到考点。对许多人来说，这是一个令人沮丧的因素。本研究提出一个网路测验，让网路环境中的任何人都可以在他们喜欢的时间来测试他们的学习成果，测验的内容包含三个部分：听力理解、听力阅读理解与阅读理解。在每一部分中，考生可以选择用汉字和假名写的说明，只用假名写的说明，或罗马化的日语。测试后，他们可以立即看到结果。学生可以根据自己的时间安排进行任意次数的测试，有效地提高了学生的学习动机。实验分析表明，该测试工具是有效的、可靠的。研究人员希望该系统在不久的将来被采用为官方测试工具。

The objective of this research is to develop the web-based testing instrument for the Japanese language proficiency test for the world-wide learners. The on going test scheme jointly developed by Japan Student Services Organization and Japan Foundation has been the paper and-pencil test., which requires the examinees to come to the examination site. For many people that works as a discouraging factor. This research proposes the web-based test that anybody in the internet environment can take at the times they like to check their learning achievement.The content of the proposed testing instrument has three components : listening comprehension, listening reading comprehension, and reading comprehension. In each component, the examinees can choose the instruction written in Kanji and Kana, Kana only, or Romanized Japanese. After the test, they can see the result immediately. They can take the test any number of times according to their schedule, which works effiectively ctively for raising their learning motivation.The analysis of the experiment has shown that the proposed testing instrument has been valid and reliable. It is the researchers' hope that the system is adopted as the official testing tool in the near future.