Review of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test

Review of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test

The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) (日本語能力試験 nihongo noryoku shiken) has been offered for over 37 years and underwent a substantial redesign in 2009 that brought changes to test tasks, psychometric advances to scoring, and a refinement of the test’s proficiency scale. This review summarize...

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Veröffentlicht in:Language Testing 2022-07, Vol.39 (3), p.494-503
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