Sunday, November 30, 2014

Manila, Philippines - Nihongo Fiesta 2015 42nd Nihongo Speech Contest (Saturday, 28 February 2014)

Students, Professionals and other Non-students
 
The Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM) in pursuit of its objective of promoting cultural exchange through Japanese Language Education in the Philippines, announces the Nihongo Speech Contest 2014 to be held on Saturday, 28 February (TIU Theater, Mile Long Compound, Amorsolo cor. Dela Rosa Sts., Makati City). The speech contest, now in its 42nd year, is one of the major events of the 9th Nihongo Fiesta which will feature the Nihongo Quiz Bee, and a lot more activities on Japanese culture.
 
The Nihongo Speech Contest is an ideal platform for Filipino students and professionals to demonstrate their linguistic skills through articulating an original composition written by themselves on a theme of their choice. It continues to attract high caliber contestants from the country’s numerous language institutes,  colleges/universities and other organizations offering Japanese language courses.  
 
The Champion will take part in an all-expense-paid week-long study tour in Japan; all qualified contestants will receive consolation prizes.
 
The deadline for submission to the Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM) of the duly accomplished application form with a written copy and a recording of the speech (time limit – within 5 minutes) will be on Wednesday – 14 January 2015 for Davao/Mindanao applicants; and, Wednesday – 21 January 2015 for NCR / Luzon applicants.
 
Pre-screening in Davao is tentatively scheduled (subject to confirmation) on Friday - 23 January (1:00 p.m., Silver Room, Apo View Hotel, 150. J. Camus St., Davao City - tentative); and, at the JFM on Saturday, 31 January2015.      
     
For details/clarifications on the contest, other cultural projects/grant programs and the Nihongo Fiesta activities, please contact The Japan Foundation, Manila – 23/F Pacific Star Bldg., Makati Avenue, Makati City  (telephone # 811-61-55 to  58  and fax # 811-61-53; e-mail: email@jfmo.org.ph / website: www.jfmo.org.ph)
 
In consonance with the promotion of Japanese Language Education, a similar event will be held in Cebu City that will also serve as the regional pre-screening for the Final National Contest in Manila. The13th Nihongo Speech Contest in Cebu will be held on Saturday, 7 February 2015 (tentatively at SM Conference Room AB, Cebu City)  for inquiries on the submission of entries and other details, please contact the Japanese Association Cebu, Inc., 5/F Clotilde Commercial Center, M.L. Quezon St., Casuntingan, Mandaue City; tel. # 032-343-8066 / fax # 032-343-7663).

Thursday, November 13, 2014

JLPT Pass Rate Statistics

What are the chances of a JLPT taker?

The data below are from the JLPT official website.

December data last year was a little strange. Overseas test takers (except for N5 and N4) did better than Japan-located test takers (given that they read and hear Japanese everyday).

For July 2014, only N2 and N3 overseas takers did better than Japan-located takers.

Data of the test in 2013 (December)

LevelN1N2N3N4N5Total
JapanApplicants31,69122,85912,4366,9631,51975,468
Examinees28,92921,21111,5016,4301,39269,463
Certified10,0318,4103,9112,87198326,206
Percentage
Certified(%)
34.7%39.6%34.0%44.7%70.6%37.7%
OverseasApplicants81,79473,93548,87538,07837,313279,995
Examinees71,49064,98941,12932,75231,922242,282
Certified25,52428,14817,90114,29018,248104,111
Percentage
Certified(%)
35.7%43.3%43.5%43.6%57.2%43.0%
Japan・Overseas
Total
Applicants113,48596,79461,31145,04138,832355,463
Examinees100,41986,20052,63039,18233,314311,745
Certified35,55536,55821,81217,16119,231130,317
Percentage
Certified(%)
35.4%42.4%41.4%43.8%57.7%41.8%

Data of the test in 2014 (July)

LevelN1N2N3N4N5Total
JapanApplicants26,27722,22614,8426,6431,31871,306
Examinees24,39520,85513,7496,2081,17566,382
Certified9,5139,3594,3623,02888527,147
Percentage
Certified(%)
39.0%44.9%31.7%48.8%75.3%40.9%
OverseasApplicants73,78273,82942,74627,27123,154240,782
Examinees64,40964,69935,25122,94419,658206,961
Certified21,10829,31315,53510,65710,72687,339
Percentage
Certified(%)
32.8%45.3%44.1%46.4%54.6%42.2%
Japan・Overseas
Total
Applicants100,05996,05557,58833,91424,472312,088
Examinees88,80485,55449,00029,15220,833273,343
Certified30,62138,67219,89713,68511,611114,486
Percentage
Certified(%)
34.5%45.2%40.6%46.9%55.7%41.9%


Meanwhile, From Wikipedia, these are the summarized data from year 2007 onwards:

YearLevelJLPT in JapanJLPT overseas
ApplicantsExamineesCertified (%)ApplicantsExamineesCertified (%)
2007[25]1 kyū47,76142,92314,338 (33.4%)135,616110,93728,550 (25.7%)
2 kyū34,78231,80511,884 (37.4%)186,226152,19840,975 (26.9%)
3 kyū16,80815,7108,664 (55.1%)143,252113,52653,806 (47.4%)
4 kyū3,9083,3832,332 (68.9%)64,12753,47627,767 (51.9%)
2008[26]1 kyū52,99246,95318,454 (39.3%)138,131116,27138,988 (33.5%)
2 kyū41,92438,04016,289 (42.8%)187,482157,14258,124 (37.0%)
3 kyū22,01620,35113,304 (65.4%)147,435120,56969,605 (57.7%)
4 kyū4,5243,9032,765 (70.8%)65,87755,82831,227 (55.9%)
2009-1[27]1 kyū29,27426,57811,738 (44.2%)103,34987,10428,230 (32.4%)
2 kyū26,43724,7939,279 (37.4%)130,753110,26627,543 (25.0%)
2009-2[28]1 kyū46,64841,99812,293 (29.3%)137,708114,72526,427 (23.0%)
2 kyū36,52833,80712,462 (36.9%)176,628147,32841,488 (28.2%)
3 kyū17,70316,6759,360 (56.1%)131,733108,86751,903 (47.7%)
4 kyū3,2122,9322,155 (73.5%)61,99553,04129,529 (55.7%)
2010-1[29]N126,22523,6949,651 (40.7%)73,86362,93819,402 (30.8%)
N224,73823,12613,768 (59.5%)87,88974,87432,530 (43.4%)
N36,9476,2803,051 (48.6%)42,22732,10012,574 (39.2%)
2010-2[30]N140,04136,81012,774 (34.7%)100,68987,76325,781 (29.4%)
N227,94726,02011,679 (44.9%)106,40291,99630,460 (33.1%)
N38,3637,6653,501 (44.9%)56,23645,90618,883 (41.1%)
N47,7647,3173,716 (50.8%)48,61341,48419,235 (46.4%)
N52,0651,8701,458 (78.0%)43,67638,12822,846 (59.9%)
2011-1[31]N124,71622,7826,546 (28.7%)89,74476,99120,519 (26.7%)
N219,20317,9579,057 (50.4%)92,01579,71630,216 (37.9%)
N35,6425,2112,511 (48.2%)36,84129,50713,230 (44.8%)
N43,6433,3581,431 (42.6%)19,01015,4535,802 (37.5%)
N5716649464 (71.5%)12,34610,5106,108 (58.1%)
2011-2[32]N136,42633,46011,849 (35.4%)100,87388,51427,452 (31.0%)
N222,87521,2698,695 (40.8%)94,53882,94428,679 (34.6%)
N38,1497,5803,073 (40.5%)49,91741,66516,576 (39.8%)
N47,0086,5963,083 (46.7%)38,88833,40214,722 (44.1%)
N51,6031,4811,045 (70.6%)33,24529,15916,986 (58.3%)
2012-1[33]N126,05124,14211,074 (45.9%)78,90569,08223,789 (34.4%)
N220,04118,8439,683 (51.4%)78,55369,41829,191 (42.1%)
N37,3176,8783,232(47.0%)38,65031,94114,391 (45.1%)
N45,4375,1162,388 (46.7%)22,43118,5908,489 (45.7%)
N51,004925679 (73.4%)16,36113,9118,129 (58.4%)
2012-2[34]N132,91730,2967,998 (26.4%)86,00475,25017,411 (23.1%)
N221,13919,6127,919 (40.4%)79,51369,79025,617 (36.7%)
N310,0859,4222,668(28.3%)47,30139,76312,722 (32.0%)
N46,9616,5622,371 (36.1%)36,79931,62011,783 (37.3%)
N51,4161,307945 (72.3%)34,17829,70016,225 (54.6%)
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