台灣地區日語學習及使用者之日語能力調查──FLPT研究計畫成果報告

Investigating the Language Development of Japanese Learners and Users in Taiwan Using the Foreign Language Proficiency Test

本研究旨在了解台灣地區日語學習及使用者的聽力、用法、字彙閱讀三項技能之發展狀況，建立以台灣成人日語學習及使用者為母體之語言能力常模。研究計畫對象包含日語主修及非主修之各大學學生及公民營機構在職人士。本計畫使用的評量工具為標準化常模參照測驗FLPT日語能力測驗，抽樣方式採叢聚抽樣，受試者包含台灣北、中、南、東部各大學日語學習者、公民營機構日語使用者，有效樣本297名。本研究於民國九十四年完成資料收集及施測，測驗結果顯示，日語全體受試者以聽力測驗成績最佳，其次依序為字彙閱讀、用法。平均成績分別為65分、58分、57分。在學者及在職者之子群組中，前者以大學三年段、後者以學習時數「400－450小時」組的成績最接近全體日語組受試者的平均成績。其他各項背景之成績交叉分析與發現，詳載於本文。

The purposes of this study were to investigate the language development of Japanese learners and users in Taiwan, especially in the three skills of listening, usage, and vocabulary and reading (VR), as well as to establish a norm based on the performance of Japanese learners and users in Taiwan. The population of interest includes university students, including Japanese majors and non-Japanese majors, and employees in both the public and private sectors.The Foreign Language Proficiency Test (FLPT), a standardized norm-referenced test, was used as an instrument in this study. The cluster sampling approach was utilized to select 297 Japanese learners and users to participate.Data collection was completed in 2005. The results show that the participants performed best on the listening test, while their performances on the usage test were the second highest, and that on the VR test, third. The average scores of the three tests were 65, 58, and 57, respectively. The subjects were divided into ”student” group and ”employee” group and further analyses were conducted. It was found that the performance of the subgroup of ”juniors” of the former, and that of the subgroup of ”employees who have learned Japanese for 400-450 hours” of the latter were closest to the overall performance of all subjects. Detailed analyses and findings could be found in the paper.