Business Japanese Proficiency Test
The Business Japanese Proficiency Test (BJT, Japanese: ビジネス日本語能力テスト) is a test administered by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), designed to objectively measure a person's proficiency at communication using Japanese in a business environment. As of 2006[update] there were 34 test centres in 14 countries around the world. Twelve of the centres were in Japan.
From "April 2009, the administrator of the BJT Business Japanese Proficiency Test (or BJT) has changed from JETRO to the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation"[1]
On August 18, 2010, it was announced that the test would "be discontinued at the end of the current fiscal year"[2]. However, on November 25, 2010, it was announced that the test would be "relaunched"[3]
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[edit] History
The test was first offered in 1996 and was revised in 2003.
[edit] The Test
The test consists of two parts.
- The first part is the Japanese Listening & Reading Comprehension Test (JLRT). All questions are multiple choice, a candidate must choose from four possible answers. It consists of three sections:
| Test | Number of Questions | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| The listening test | 35 questions | 50 minutes. |
| The listening and reading test | 30 questions | 30 minutes. |
| The reading test | 35 questions | 40 minutes |
- This part of the test is scored out of a possible 800.
- The second part is the Japanese Oral Communication Test (JOCT). Only those candidates who score 530 or above in the first part of the test qualify to take the JOCT. This consists of two sections. The first is a 15 minute one-on-one interview between the candidate and the examiner, where the candidate's job is discussed along with topical business subjects. The second is a 15 minute roleplay of various business situations.
- For the second part of the test, the candidate is given a letter grade of A+, A, B+, B, C, or the lowest grade D which is described as 'insufficient'.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "BJT Business Japanese Proficiency Test". JETRO. http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/bjt/. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ Mizuho Aoki and Reiji Yoshida (2010-08-19). "Business-Japanese proficiency test doomed by profit fall". The Japan Times. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100819a4.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "Important Notice". 2010-11-25. http://www.kanken.or.jp/bjt/english/info.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
[edit] External links
- http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/bjt/ The JETRO on the BJT (now points to the following link).
- http://www.kentei.co.jp/bjt/ (Japanese)
- http://www.kentei.co.jp/bjt/old/en/index.html (English)
