BJ-CAT Project

BJ-CAT Project｜Reference

Grants-In-Aid for Scientific Research

The Development and Verification of the Business Japanese Computerized Adaptive Test
（Scientific Research B 24320095）2012－2014

The Verification for Validity of the Business Japanese Computerized Adaptive Test
（Scientific Research B 15H03217）2015－2018

The Practical Application of the Business Japanese Computerized Adaptive Test
（Scientific Research B 19H01275）2019－2022

The Name of the Test

BJ-CAT Business Japanese Computerized Adaptive Test

The Characteristics of the BJ-CAT

BJ-CAT measures the business Japanese proficiency of business Japanese learners. BJ-CAT will help international students and workers in getting a job, joining an internship and improving skills at workplaces.

The Purpose of BJ-CAT

BJ-CAT measures the business Japanese proficiency of business Japanese learners. BJ-CAT will help international students and workers in getting a job, joining an internship and improving skills at workplaces.

BJ-CAT takes 60 to 90 minutes.

Record of BJ-CAT

  • 2015  Establishment of prototype question items and its development.
  • 2016  Pretests in Japan and overseas.
  • 2017  The BJ-CAT system was setup and the pilot BJ-CAT started its operation. IRT and correlation analysis were discussed.

Researchers of BJ-CAT

[Members]

  • Yayoi Akagi    Towa University, Yamaguchi University (representative)
  • Shingo Imai    Tsukuba University
  • Sukero Ito    Akita International University, Graduate School of Global Communication and Language Japanese Language Teaching Practices (JLT), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  • Wakana Onozuka    Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute
  • Keiko Horii    Musashino University, Faculty of Global Studies Department of Japanese Communication, School of Language and Culture Studies
  • Hiromi Nakasono    Shimane University, the Center Foreign Language Education
  • Akiko Honda    Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Center for Language Education
  • Nobuko Yanehashi    Towa University
  • Michiko Aso Shitenoji University, Japanology of Humanity and Sociology Department

[Item Writers & Illustrators]

  • Yuichi Ueda    Former editor of BJT Business Japanese Proficiency Test
  • Takayuki Okuyama    Okinawa International University, Integrated Culture Department of Japanese Culture
  • Keiko Shinozaki    Gakushuin Women’s College
  • Kyoko Shima    Tsuru University
  • Yukari Yoshizawa    Tokyo Institute of Technology

[Economist]

  • Kei Yajima    Toyama University

[Institutions that cooperated for BJ-CAT pre-tests]

  • Institutions in Japan
  • Sapporo International University
  • Kitami Institute of Technology
  • Hokuriku University
  • Tsukuba University
  • Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  • Tokyo Gakugei University
  • Tokyo Fuji University
  • Musashino University
  • Surugadai University
  • Tottori University
  • Hiroshima University
  • Shimane University
  • Shimane Prefectural University
  • Yamaguchi University
  • Sanyo-Onoda City University
  • Towa University
  • Baiko Gakuin University
  • National Institute of Technology, Ube College
  • Kyushu University
  • Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
  • University of the Ryukyu, International Student Center
  • Hiroshima Prefectural University
  • Japanese Language Schools・Vocational Colleges
  • Educational Institution Ohara Japanese Language School
  • Tokyo Japanese Language School, The Naganuma School
  • The Japanese Language School affiliated with Tokyo International University
  • Yu Language Academy
  • Matsue Sogo Business College
  • Kansai Foreign Language College, Japanese Language Department
  • Communica Institute
  • Japanese Volunteer Classes
  • Japanese Club Onoda
  • Japanese Club Hofu
  • Overseas
  • Germany
  • Heidelbergensis University
  • England
  • Oxford University
  • China
  • Beijing Normal University
  • Shanghai Foreign Trade University
  • University of Shanghai
  • East China Normal University
  • East China University of Science and Technology
  • Shanghai University of Electric Power
  • Xi’an Jiaotong University
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  • North West University
  • Xi’an Translation University/li>
  • Xi’an International University
  • City University
  • Dalian University of Foreign Language
  • Shandong University
  • Qifu Normal University
  • Shandong Vocational and Technical University of International Studies
  • Taiwan
  • Da Yeh University
  • National Chung Hsing University Language Center
  • National Taichung University of Science and Technology
  • Hong Kong
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Korea
  • Sunchon National University
  • Busan University of Foreign Studies
  • Malaysia
  • Malaya University
  • UTHM (Tun Husein On Malaysia)
  • Indonesia
  • Udayana University (Bali)
  • Brawijaya University
  • Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh City University of Teacher Training
  • EIU Eastern International University
  • Thailand
  • Chulalongkorn University
  • Industries
  • Link World Japan Inc.
  • Myojo Kogyo Engineering Inc.
  • Tokyu Bus (Tinh Binh Duong Province of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam)
  • Iwai Inc. (Tinh Binh Duong of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam)

Thanks to them all.

We sincerely appreciate those who cooperated with the BJ-CAT project.