Japanese language education in Thailand explained

Japanese language education in Thailand formally dates back to the 1960s, when Thai universities began to establish Japanese language courses. A 2006 survey by the Japan Foundation found 1,153 teachers teaching the language to 71,083 students at 385 institutions; the number of students increased by 29.5% compared to the 2003 survey.[1] [2] As of 2021, according to the Japan Foundation, 183,957 people were learning Japanese in Thailand.[3] [4] [5]

Standardised testing

Year!rowspan=2
CityExaminees by Level
L1L2L3L4Total
2009[6] Bangkok9582,9934,5914,95213,494
Chiang Mai653155979641,941
Songkla43578261378
Khon Kaen12129379435955
Total1,0393,4725,6456,61216,768
2008[7] Bangkok7542,7044,3565,03712,851
Chiang Mai642396399101,852
Songkla11880220319
Khon Kaen894316406824
Total8273,0555,3916,57315,846
2006[8] Bangkok7001949310039009649
Chiang Mai5220262810211794
Songkhla43789291463
2005[9] Bangkok6331616241634568121
Chiang Mai5616440911201749
Songkhla741122293463
2004[10] Bangkok4341280194027196373
Chiang Mai351703337981336
Songkhla23394180309
2003[11] Bangkok3801188177327356076
Chiang Mai271512737461197
2002BangkokData missing
Chiang MaiData missing
2001[12] Bangkok211681119817743864
Chiang Mai1861157303539
2000[13] Bangkok19469696013383188
Chiang Mai1570130238453
1999[14] Bangkok15254481111742681
Chiang Mai2445120205394
1998Bangkok----2175
Chiang Mai----289

The Japanese Language Proficiency Test is offered in three cities in Thailand; at first, it was just offered in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, but an additional test site was added in Songkhla in 2003.[11] The Level 4 examination, aimed at beginning students with 150 contact hours of construction, is the most widely attempted; numbers of examinees decrease at higher levels. The number of examinees nearly quintupled between 1998 and 2006.[14] [8] Bangkok is the only city in Southeast Asia in which JETRO's Business Japanese Proficiency Test is offered. In 2006, 232 candidates attempted the examination; their performance, measured by the proportion of examinees who were assessed as having each of the six possible levels of business Japanese proficiency, was similar to the average for examinees in all countries outside Japan. Thai students formed 13% of all candidates attempting the examination outside Japan.[15]

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Japan Foundation . 2003年海外日本語教育機関調査結果: タイ (Results of the 2003 survey of overseas Japanese language educational institutions: Thailand) . 2006 . 2008-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070708112924/http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/2003/thailand.html . July 8, 2007 .
  2. Web site: The Japan Foundation . 2006年海外日本語教育機関調査結果: タイ (Results of the 2003 survey of overseas Japanese language educational institutions: Thailand) . 2006 . 2008-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080411052903/http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/2006/thailand.html . 2008-04-11 . dead .
  3. https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/project/japanese/survey/result/
  4. https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/project/japanese/survey/result/dl/survey2021/All_contents.pdf
  5. https://www.jpf.go.jp/j/project/japanese/survey/area/country/2020/
  6. Web site: Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2009: Summary of the Results . Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation . 2009 . 2010-04-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100331043741/http://www.jlpt.jp/j/about/pdf/2009_2_04.pdf . March 31, 2010 .
  7. Web site: Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2008: Summary of the Results . Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation . 2008 . 2009-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090727190223/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/jlpt_result.html . July 27, 2009 .
  8. Web site: Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2006: Summary of the Results . Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation . 2006 . 2008-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928150318/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2006_pri.pdf . 2007-09-28 . dead .
  9. Web site: Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2005: Summary of the Results. Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation. 2005. 2008-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070106183655/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2005_pri.pdf . 2007-01-06.
  10. Web site: Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2004: Summary of the Results. Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation. 2004. 2008-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050827215746/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2004_5.pdf . 2005-08-27.
  11. Web site: Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2003: Summary of the Results. Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation. 2003. 2008-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041117014906/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/jlpt_result.pdf . 2004-11-17.
  12. Web site: The 2001 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Number of Examinees by Sites. The Japan Foundation. 2002-02-14. 2006-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20030407202559/http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/2001not-e.html . 2003-04-07.
  13. Web site: The 2000 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Number of Examinees by Sites. The Japan Foundation. 2001-02-07. 2006-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20030407204307/http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/2000not-e.html . 2003-04-07.
  14. Web site: The 1999 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Number of Examinees by Sites . The Japan Foundation . 2000-02-07 . 2006-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20001018204141/http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/99not-e.html . 2000-10-18 . dead .
  15. Web site: 13th JLRT (2006): A Summary Report . . Japan External Trade Organization . 2006 . 2008-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192906/http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/bjt/data/jlrt/pdf/res13report_en.pdf . 2007-09-27 . dead .

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