エリンと挑戦!にほんごテストChallenge with Erin
– Japanese Language Test –
Currently, around 50% of learners of the Japanese language overseas are studying in junior high or high school. The Japan Foundation offers these learners a smartphone app, “Challenge with Erin! –Japanese Language Test–,” which has a variety of features and allows learners to study Japanese and test their ability more easily and in a more enjoyable way. The app can be used to study beginner-level Japanese vocabulary and expressions in an engaging way through card games, manga and quizzes, and can also be used to check how much you were able to remember.
The app’s target learning levels are assumed to range from people who have just started learning Japanese to those who are in the first half of elementary level (from below CEFR and JFS A1 level to around A1 level); it can be used from the level where kanji, hiragana and katakana have not yet been learnt. In addition to an English version, there is an Indonesian version for learners in Indonesia, where a large number of students are learning Japanese in junior high and high schools.
We hope you’ll make the most of “Challenge with Erin! –Japanese Language Test–” when learning Japanese.
In the study section (‘Let’s Try’) there are four maps: spring, summer, autumn and winter, and you start with spring in the same way as Japanese schools start in spring.
There are 16 tests altogether in the test section (‘TEST’). You can take eight of these any one week. The questions change each week. Challenge yourself and check which Japanese vocabulary and words you remember and know with this test. Once you finish the tests, you will be issued with a certificate of results that includes your name. If your percentage of correct answers exceeds 80%, you receive a pass certificate that includes a medal (illustration)!
The following page is for teachers who use "Challenge with Erin –Japanese Language Test-."
The features of this app are described in 'Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin' article (only in Japanese).
A. The app is not compatible with hiragana, katakana, or kanji. The texts in the app are in romaji, so that the people who have not learned hiragana, katakana, or kanji can use the app.
A. As shown in the picture below, press the ●[Tap and read aloud.] button and speak clearly near the mic. When finished speaking, press the ■[Tap after answering.] button, and the result gets shown a few seconds later. If the app still does not recognize your voice, please contact us (jf_kyozai@jpf.go.jp) with this information: product name of your device, OS, browser and its version.
A. If you want to take a photo with the same frame again, please finish the same stage test on the study section (‘Let’s try’) again.
A. The < button connects to the HOME screen when you press it on ‘KOTOBA LIST’ and ‘RANKING’. Please re-enter the seasonal map from the HOME screen.
A. This app can be used offline for users' convenience, but users can join the 'RANKING' by saving your points with a tap on the 'SAVE POINTS' button when the app is in online-mode.
Please make sure that the app is set as online-mode in the 'SET UP'.
When and where you can find the "SAVE POINTS" button:
We look forward to your participation!