Login
Login

Japanese language education in Thailand

{{Short description|Language education in Thai universities}}

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.{{cite web|publisher=The Japan Foundation |title=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) |url=http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/2003/thailand.html |date=2006 |accessdate=2008-01-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708112924/http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/2003/thailand.html |archivedate=July 8, 2007 }}{{cite web|publisher=The Japan Foundation |title=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) |url=http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/2006/thailand.html |date=2006 |accessdate=2008-01-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411052903/http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/2006/thailand.html |archivedate=2008-04-11 |url-status=dead }} As of 2021, according to the Japan Foundation, 183,957 people were learning Japanese in Thailand.{{cite web | url=https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/project/japanese/survey/result/ | title=The Japan Foundation - Survey on Japanese-Language Education Abroad }}https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/project/japanese/survey/result/dl/survey2021/All_contents.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www.jpf.go.jp/j/project/japanese/survey/area/country/2020/ | title=国際交流基金 - 日本語教育 国・地域別情報 2020年度 }}

Standardised testing

class="wikitable" align="right"

|+ JLPT examinees in Thailand

!rowspan=2|Year

!rowspan=2|City

!colspan=5|Examinees by Level

L1

! L2

! L3

! L4

! Total

rowspan=5| 2009{{cite web|title=Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2009: Summary of the Results |url=http://www.jlpt.jp/j/about/pdf/2009_2_04.pdf |publisher=Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation |date=2009 |accessdate=2010-04-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331043741/http://www.jlpt.jp/j/about/pdf/2009_2_04.pdf |archivedate=March 31, 2010 }}

| Bangkok

| 958

| 2,993

| 4,591

| 4,952

| 13,494

Chiang Mai

| 65

| 315

| 597

| 964

| 1,941

Songkla

| 4

| 35

| 78

| 261

| 378

Khon Kaen

| 12

| 129

| 379

| 435

| 955

Total

| 1,039

| 3,472

| 5,645

| 6,612

| 16,768

rowspan=5|2008{{cite web|title=Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2008: Summary of the Results |url=http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/jlpt_result.html |publisher=Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation |date=2008 |accessdate=2009-07-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727190223/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/jlpt_result.html |archivedate=July 27, 2009 }}

| Bangkok

| 754

| 2,704

| 4,356

| 5,037

| 12,851

Chiang Mai

| 64

| 239

| 639

| 910

| 1,852

Songkla

| 1

| 18

| 80

| 220

| 319

Khon Kaen

| 8

| 94

| 316

| 406

| 824

Total

| 827

| 3,055

| 5,391

| 6,573

| 15,846

rowspan=3|2006{{cite web|title=Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2006: Summary of the Results |url=http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2006_pri.pdf |publisher=Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation |date=2006 |accessdate=2008-01-12 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928150318/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2006_pri.pdf |archivedate=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }}

| Bangkok

| 700

| 1949

| 3100

| 3900

| 9649

Chiang Mai

| 52

| 202

| 628

| 1021

| 1794

Songkhla

| 4

| 37

| 89

| 291

| 463

rowspan=3|2005{{cite web|title=Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2005: Summary of the Results|url=http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2005_pri.pdf |publisher=Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation|date=2005|accessdate=2008-01-12 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070106183655/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2005_pri.pdf |archivedate = 2007-01-06}}

| Bangkok

| 633

| 1616

| 2416

| 3456

| 8121

Chiang Mai

| 56

| 164

| 409

| 1120

| 1749

Songkhla

| 7

| 41

| 122

| 293

| 463

rowspan=3|2004{{cite web|title=Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2004: Summary of the Results|url=http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2004_5.pdf |publisher=Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation|date=2004|accessdate=2008-01-12 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050827215746/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2004_5.pdf |archivedate = 2005-08-27}}

| Bangkok

| 434

| 1280

| 1940

| 2719

| 6373

Chiang Mai

| 35

| 170

| 333

| 798

| 1336

Songkhla

| 2

| 33

| 94

| 180

| 309

rowspan=2|2003{{cite web|title=Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2003: Summary of the Results|url=http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/jlpt_result.pdf |publisher=Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, The Japan Foundation|date=2003|accessdate=2008-01-12 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20041117014906/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/jlpt_result.pdf |archivedate = 2004-11-17}}

| Bangkok

| 380

| 1188

| 1773

| 2735

| 6076

Chiang Mai

| 27

| 151

| 273

| 746

| 1197

rowspan=2|2002

| Bangkok

|colspan=5|Data missing

Chiang Mai

|colspan=5|Data missing

rowspan=2|2001{{cite web|title=The 2001 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Number of Examinees by Sites|publisher=The Japan Foundation|date=2002-02-14|accessdate=2006-12-03|url=http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/2001not-e.html |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030407202559/http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/2001not-e.html |archivedate = 2003-04-07}}

| Bangkok

| 211

| 681

| 1198

| 1774

| 3864

Chiang Mai

| 18

| 61

| 157

| 303

| 539

rowspan=2|2000{{cite web|title=The 2000 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Number of Examinees by Sites|publisher=The Japan Foundation|date=2001-02-07|accessdate=2006-12-03|url=http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/2000not-e.html |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030407204307/http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/2000not-e.html |archivedate = 2003-04-07}}

| Bangkok

| 194

| 696

| 960

| 1338

| 3188

Chiang Mai

| 15

| 70

| 130

| 238

| 453

rowspan=2|1999{{cite web|title=The 1999 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Number of Examinees by Sites |publisher=The Japan Foundation |date=2000-02-07 |accessdate=2006-12-13 |url=http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/99not-e.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001018204141/http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/99not-e.html |archivedate=2000-10-18 |url-status=dead }}

| Bangkok

| 152

| 544

| 811

| 1174

| 2681

Chiang Mai

| 24

| 45

| 120

| 205

| 394

rowspan=2|1998

| Bangkok

| -

| -

| -

| -

| 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. 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. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/bjt/data/jlrt/pdf/res13report_en.pdf |title=13th JLRT (2006): A Summary Report |publisher=Japan External Trade Organization |date=2006 |accessdate=2008-01-12 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192906/http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/bjt/data/jlrt/pdf/res13report_en.pdf |archivedate=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

Further reading

  • {{cite journal|url=http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/nkg/database/2002chosa/02chosa-08f.pdf |title=タイにおける日本語教育活動の概況I─日本語教師現職者研修の概況─ (The state of Japanese language education activities in Thailand I: The state of Japanese language teacher training) |last=Ueno |first=Eizou |journal=Current Report on Japanese-language Education Around the Globe |publisher=Niigata University |pages=56–59 |date=2002 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622211624/http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/nkg/database/2002chosa/02chosa-08f.pdf |archivedate=2006-06-22 }}
  • {{cite journal|url=http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/nkg/database/2002chosa/02chosa-09f.pdf |title=タイにおける日本語教育活動の概況II─正規教育以外における日本語教育活動の概況─ (The state of Japanese language education activities in Thailand II: The state of Japanese language education activities outside of regular education) |journal=Current Report on Japanese-language Education Around the Globe |publisher=Niigata University |pages=63–71 |date=2002 |last=Ootake |first=Keiji |author2=Yuyama Kayo |author3=Kawashima Hisae |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622211638/http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/nkg/database/2002chosa/02chosa-09f.pdf |archivedate=2006-06-22 }}

{{Japanese as a second or foreign language}}

Category:Education in Thailand

Thailand

Category:Japan–Thailand relations

Category:Language education in Thailand