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In 2008, there were as many as 560,000 examinees throughout the world.  \nOver time, test applicants became diversified, and use of JLPT results has expanded to include employment screening and evaluation for promotions and pay raises. Many outstanding suggestions for improvement were also submitted by a wide variety of individuals around the world.  \nTo ensure the continuing relevancy and accuracy of the JLPT, the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services will introduce a revised version of the test in 2010. This new test will take full advantage of the most advanced research in Japanese pedagogy and testing theory, and reflects the vast wealth of data accumulated since the original JLPT was launched over 20 years ago.  \n2  Points of revision   \n（1）Revised to measure communicative competence required to perform tasks.  \nEmphasizing both practical Japanese communicative competence and knowledge of the Japanese language, this test measures language knowledge which includes vocabulary and grammar, and the competence required to perform communicative tasks using such language knowledge.  \n*Answers will be machine-scored as in the current test. Note that the new JLPT will not include sections to measure speaking or writing proficiencies directly.  \n（2）Revised to increase the number of levels from 4 to 5.  \nThe new test increases the number of test levels from 4 (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4) to 5 (N1, N2, N3, N4 and N5) . The table below shows the corresponding levels of the new test to that of the current test.  \n| N1 | Approximately the same level as the current Level 1 test, but designed to measure slightly more advanced abilities. |\n| --- | --- |\n| N2 | Approximately the same level as the current Level 2 test. |\n| N3 | Positioned at a level bridging the current Level 2 and Level 3 tests. （Newly established） |\n| N4 | Approximately the same level as the current Level 3 test. |\n| N5 | Approximately the same level as the current Level 4 test. |\n\n“N”stands for both“Nihongo”and“New”.  \n（3）Revised to achieve score equating.  \nDespite the best attempts to assure consistency, it is inevitable that the level of difficulty of the test will differ slightly from session to session because different test items are used. In order to minimize the impact of such differences on test scores and maintain the highest degree of fairness, scores for the new JLPT will be equated from session to session within the same level.  \n（4）Revised to provide a Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Can-do List (tentative) .  \nThe new JLPT provides a “Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Can-do List”(tentative), a list of Japanese language activities which successful examinees THINK they can do, obtained and presented through a survey.  \nA Can-do List will be presented to help examinees and others better understand the test results in terms of practical language use .  \nThe table below is an example of the list of activities currently being developed.  \n■ Sample, Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Can-do List (tentative)  \n\n| Listening | I can understand the general content when I hear announcements at school, at work or in public places. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Speaking | I can speak in detail of my hopes and experience at interviews such as for a job or a part-time job. |\n| Reading | I can understand the content of newspaper or magazine articles about the interesting topics. |\n| Writing | I can write letters or emails to express my emotions such as appreciation or apology. 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