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|+'''Tertiary students of Japanese, 2007'''<ref name="Sugiura">{{cite journal|title=カザフスタンにおける日本語教育の現状と課題 (The Current State and Issues of Japanese Language Education in Kazakhstan)|last=Sugiura|first=Chisato|journal=Current report on Japanese-language education around the globe|issue=22|date=2007|pages=121–128|url=http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/limedio/dlam/M90/M902494/12.pdf|accessdate=2007-08-23|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
!Institution
!Major
!Minor
!Other
!Total
|-
![[Al-Farabi University]]
|72
|46
|10
|128
|-
![[Kazakh University of International Relations]]
|35
|133
|85
|253
|-
![[Kazakh Academy of Labour and Social Relations]]
|13
|10
|0
|23
|-
![[Kazakh National Pedagogical University]]
|0
|149
|19
|168
|-
![[Eurasian National University]]
|0
|0
|163
|163
|-
![[Kazakh Economics University]]
|0
|0
|20
|20
|-
![[Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research|KIMEP]]
|0
|0
|25
|25
|-
!Total
|120
|338
|322
|780
|-
|}

'''Japanese language education in Kazakhstan''' dates back to 1992; the [[Japan Foundation]]'s 2006 survey showed 51 teachers teaching the language to 1,569 students at thirteen institutions in [[Kazakhstan]]; the number of students increased by 38% as compared to the 2003 survey and more than triple the number in the 1998 survey.<ref name="1998Survey">{{cite web|publisher=The Japan Foundation|title=1998年海外日本語教育機関調査結果: カザフスタン (Results of the 1998 survey of overseas Japanese language educational institutions: Kazakhstan)|url=http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/1999/kazakhstan.html|date=2004|accessdate=2008-01-14}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="2003Survey">{{cite web|publisher=The Japan Foundation|title=2003年海外日本語教育機関調査結果: カザフスタン (Results of the 2003 survey of overseas Japanese language educational institutions: Kazakhstan)|url=http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/2004/kazakhstan.html|date=2004|accessdate=2008-01-14| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060103195115/http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/2004/kazakhstan.html| archivedate = January 3, 2006}}</ref><ref name="2003Survey"/>

==History==
Japanese language education in Kazakhstan formally began with the 1992 establishment of a Japanese language course at [[Almaty]]'s [[Al-Farabi University]]; [[Kazakh National Technical University]], Kazakh University of International Relations, Kazakh National Pedagogical University, [[Almaty Management University]], and two other [[List of universities in Kazakhstan|universities in Kazakhstan]] soon followed. Courses at the elementary and secondary levels were established several years later; two schools began offering Japanese classes in 1996, followed by another three in 1998 and an additional four schools after 2000. However, by 2003, four of the primary and secondary programmes were terminated due to lack of teaching staff, while an additional two universities and one non-school institution began to offer Japanese language courses. For students in primary and secondary schools, Japanese language classes might begin as early as the fifth year of compulsory education, proceeding until the eighth or the eleventh year.<ref name="2006Survey">{{cite web|publisher=The Japan Foundation|title=2006年海外日本語教育機関調査結果: カザフスタン (Results of the 2006 survey of overseas Japanese language educational institutions: Kazakhstan)|url=http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/oversea/kunibetsu/2006/kazakhstan.html|date=2006|accessdate=2008-01-14}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> As of 2007, Kazakhstan had 43 teachers of Japanese, among whom eight were native speakers. Students majoring in Japanese faced problems such as low wages and lack of opportunities to use their skills in professional contexts, leading to limits on the growth of interest in the language.<ref name="Sugiura"/>

Much language study is funded not indigenously, but rather through a portion of the [[United States dollar|US$]]95 million in official development assistance provided by [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], as well as additional private aid.<ref>{{cite conference|pages=165–186|last=Uyama|first=Tomohiko|title=Thinking Strategically: The major Powers, Kazakhstan, and the Central Asian Nexus|editor=Robert H. Legvold|publisher=The MIT Press|date=2003|isbn=0262621746}}</ref> There is no unified national curriculum for Japanese studies at either the primary, secondary, or tertiary levels; rather, institutions design their own curricula, typically with the aid of, and using textbooks published by, the Japan Center, which is also funded by the Japanese government.<ref name="Sugiura"/>

==Standardised testing==
{| class="wikitable" align="right"
|+ JLPT examinees in Kazakhstan
!rowspan=2|Year
!rowspan=2|City
!colspan=5|Examinees by Level
|-
! L1
! L2
! L3
! L4
! Total
|-
|2006<ref name="JLPT2006">{{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=2007-08-22|format=PDF| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070710005338/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2006_pri.pdf| archivedate = July 10, 2007}}</ref>
| [[Almaty]]
| 50
| 98
| 135
| 91
| 374
|-
|2005<ref name="JLPT2005">{{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=2006-12-01|format=PDF| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061102040054/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2005_pri.pdf| archivedate = November 2, 2006}}</ref>
| [[Almaty]]
| 28
| 43
| 68
| 25
| 164
|-
|2004<ref name="JLPT2004">{{cite web|title=Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2003: 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=2006-12-03|format=PDF |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050827215746/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/pdf/result_2004_5.pdf |archivedate = 2005-08-27}}</ref>
| [[Almaty]]
| 34
| 63
| 61
| 28
| 186
|-
|2003<ref name="JLPT2003">{{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=2006-12-03 |format=PDF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040921165029/http://www.jees.or.jp/jlpt/jlpt_result.pdf |archivedate=2004-09-21 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
| [[Almaty]]
| 41
| 87
| 42
| 24
| 194
|-
|}

The [[Japanese Language Proficiency Test]] has been offered in Kazakhstan since 2003, solely in the former capital of [[Almaty]]. The number of examinees fell every year for the first two years after the test's introduction, but in 2006, their count more than doubled; the number of people taking the introductory 4th-level examination nearly quadrupled. However, [[JETRO]]'s Business Japanese Test was not offered in Kazakhstan or any other [[Post-Soviet states|former Soviet Union]] member state {{As of|2006|lc=on}}.<ref name="JETROStats">{{cite web|url=http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/bjt/data/jlrt/pdf/res13report_en.pdf|format=[[PDF]] |title=13th JLRT (2006): A Summary Report|publisher=[[Japan External Trade Organization]]|date=2006|accessdate=2006-12-01| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192906/http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/bjt/data/jlrt/pdf/res13report_en.pdf| archivedate = September 27, 2007}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Chinese as a foreign language]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal|last=Arakawa|first=Tomoyuki|author2=Natsumi Waguri|title=カザフスタンにおける日本語初級カリキュラム -日本人材開発センターの新しい試み- (A Report on the New Curriculum of Elementary Japanese-Language Classes in the Kazakhstan Japan Center)|date=March 2007|volume=3|pages=123–134, 196|issn=1349-5658|journal=Kokusai Kōryūkikin Nihongo Kyōiku Kiyo|url=http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/publish/bulletin/03/pdf/09.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124324/http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/japan_j/publish/bulletin/03/pdf/09.pdf|archivedate=29 September 2007}}

==External links==
*[http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/japanese/network/ The JF Nihongo Network]

{{Japanese as a second or foreign language}}

[[Category:Education in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Japanese-language education by country|Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Languages of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Japan–Kazakhstan relations]]

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