Business Japanese Proficiency Test
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The Business Japanese Proficiency Test (BJT) 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. there were 34 test centres in 14 countries around the world. Twelve of the centres were in Japan
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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"
On August 18, 2010, it was announced that the test would "be discontinued at the end of the current fiscal year". However, on November 25, 2010, it was announced that the test would be "relaunched"
JETRO
is an independent government agency established by Japan Export Trade Research Organization as a nonprofit corporation in Osaka in February 1951, and reorganized as the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1958 to consolidate Japan's efforts in export promotion...
), designed to objectively measure a person's proficiency at communication using Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
in a business environment. there were 34 test centres in 14 countries around the world. Twelve of the centres were in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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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"
On August 18, 2010, it was announced that the test would "be discontinued at the end of the current fiscal year". However, on November 25, 2010, it was announced that the test would be "relaunched"
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'.
External links
- http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/bjt/ The JETROJETROis an independent government agency established by Japan Export Trade Research Organization as a nonprofit corporation in Osaka in February 1951, and reorganized as the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1958 to consolidate Japan's efforts in export promotion...
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)