BUSINESS JAPANESE

PROFICIENCY TEST
Extract from http://www.kanken.or.jp/bjt/english/about/

BANGALORE NIHONGO KYOOSHI-KAI

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What is the BJT?

Business communication proficiency

the ability to understand and implement the Japanese language
The communicative proficiency required in business settings involves the ability to promote a project in Japanese
and explain things plainly in Japanese to others with specialties and backgrounds that differ from your own. You
must also be able to ask for clarification of unclear points. In other words, it is an ability to understand and
implement the Japanese language in order to cope appropriately with business issues.

The business communication proficiency is measured on a scale of 0 to 800.

The BJT is a proficiency test measuring the examinee's current communicative proficiency in business in
Japanese language. The results are processed statistically based on item response theory (IRT) to produce a
score from 0-800, and evaluated on a scale of six levels from J5 to J1+.The BJT can measure the absolute value
of the examinee's proficiency, providing an objective grasp of changes in proficiency.
Proficiency and achievement tests
Achievement tests, which determine whether an acceptable level of achievement has been attained, are
considered to be effective in testing knowledge. Such tests include the certificated public accountant exam, bar
exams, and other official tests. A proficiency test, on the other hand, is best suited to producing an integrated
evaluation when the measurement spectrum is broad as is the case with business communication proficiency.
Immigration authorities also use BJT scores to help determine foreigners'
eligibility for international student visas.
Immigration authorities refer to BJT scores as well as the level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test when
evaluating applications submitted by foreigners entering Japan for certification of eligibility.

BJT score of 400 points or higher - corresponds to level 2 or higher of the Japanese Language
Proficiency Test (JLPT) (You can study in a college or university in Japan)

BJT score of 300 points or higher - corresponds to level 4 or higher of the Japanese Language
Proficiency Test (JLPT) (You can study in Japanese language schools in Japan)

The BJT is utilized by many businesses and schools.

An index for recruitment or promotion

More and more Japanese businesses are actively recruiting foreigners. They utilize the BJT as an index to
maximize transparency in their personnel systems.

Supporting student's career development

More and more universities are utilizing the BJT in their efforts to help students find jobs, and to set goals for
academic achievement. Some universities apply BJT results to course credits.

Supporting students preparing to go to universities

BJT results are used increasingly in the evaluation of foreign students taking university entrance exams. The BJT
has been adopted by some Japanese language schools as a tool with which their students preparing for the
entrance exams of universities can demonstrate their proficiency in Japanese.

Features of the BJT

The BJT's high level of precision has been maintained through the continual efforts of experts in Japanese
language education, linguistics, statistics and other fields, as well as professionals in business world, who help
develop the BJT through ongoing discussions of the test itself, methods of scoring, etc.

Abilities tested by the BJT

The BJT objectively measures communicative proficiency,or how well examinees can process information and
respond to it utilizing the knowledge of Japanese grammar, vocabulary,kanji, and so forth which it is assumed
that they already have.Accordingly, the BJT covers the full range of business situations in which Japanese is
used.

Knowledge of Japanese grammar and vocabulary and business practices is regarded as premise knowledge.
The main objects of measurement are the ability to process information and business skills.

Three-part test measures overall proficiency.

Section

Listening
Comprehension

Listening & Reading

Comprehension

Reading
Comprehension

Number of Questions

Description

10 Questions

Expression

10 Questions

Listening

15 Questions

Description

15 Questions

Listening and Reading

15 Questions

Grammar and Vocabulary

10 Questions

Expression

10 Questions

Reading of Short Texts

15 Questions

Time

50 Minutes

30 Minutes

TOTAL

100 Questions

40 Minutes

120 Minutes

Scaled score produces highly reliable results.

A single response to each multiple-choice question (with four options) is marked on an answer sheet. The results
are evaluated not merely as raw scores (i.e., 1 point for each question), but calculated through statistical
processing of raw scores based on item response theory (IRT). The data is processed with a conversion equation
that enables the final result to reflect the difficulty of each question.Known as "scaled score," this is a highly
precise internationally recognized method.

Grade and Evaluation

Level guideline
The results are rated not by "pass/fail" criteria but by scores ranging from 0 to 800 and evaluated on a scale of
six levels from J5 to J1+. The BJT is designed in such a way that an examinee gets about the same score each
time he/she takes the exam so long as his/her proficiency is unchanged. This enables the examinee to track
progress in small increments.
The level guideline is one of the indexes showing how high ability the BJT score of an examinee
represents.Please see it to get a rough idea.

BJT Test Administrative committee in Bangalore

Bangalore Nihongo Kyooshikai
#1213,First Floor, 22nd Cross, HSR club Road,
HSR Layout Sector 3 ,Bangalore 560102
Phone:+91-9481913284(BSNL)
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For Further details about BJT, please visit http://www.kanken.or.jp/bjt/english/about/