筑波日本語テスト集 | TTBJ

Terms of Use　

*These Terms are prepared in Japanese. The translated version is attached for reference purposes only, and shall in no way be binding upon parties.

These Terms apply to all Users of the tests (hereinafter “Tests”) provided by the Center for Distance Learning of Japanese and Japanese Issues, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA Center for Education of Global Communication (hereinafter the “University of Tsukuba”) through “TTBJ: Tsukuba Test-Battery of Japanese” (hereinafter “TTBJ”).

The use of Tests is conditional on consent to all provisions hereof. Please read these Terms carefully and confirm their contents before using Tests.


• The terms used herein have the following meanings:
  
  Users: refers to individuals who consent to these Terms and use Tests (herein referred to as “Users”).
  
  Operators: refers to bodies and corporations who consent to these Terms and use Tests (herein referred to as “Operators”).


• Tests shall be provided without charge and shall not be used for any commercial purposes.


• As a rule, Tests shall be operated on the management responsibility of an Operator, and such Operator shall be solely responsible. The University of Tsukuba shall not be responsible for their operation.


• When compiling and publishing test results, the Operator shall pay sufficient attention so as not to undermine the privacy of individuals, complying with decisions of the ethics committee when the operating school provides one.


• All Users and Operators shall use Tests appropriately by sufficiently understanding their characteristics.


• Users and Operators shall pay sufficient attention to management to prevent the leakage of test materials (examination questions, audio files, etc.).


• The University of Tsukuba retains the intellectual property rights (including copyrights) and any other rights pertaining to the titles, designs, other works, portraits, marks, information, data, and expressions relating to Tests. Transferring test materials to any third party in any way is prohibited.


• Apart from informing test-takers of their scores, making any answer checking or comments on them is prohibited so as to maintain test reliability.


• When a research paper is authored with the use of TTBJ, the paper shall include acknowledgments as specified below. The published paper shall be sent by e-mail to the Center for Distance Learning of Japanese and Japanese Issues, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA Center for Education of Global Communication (jp-kyoten[at]un.tsukuba.ac.jp).
  
  “This survey was performed using TTBJ (Tsukuba Test-Battery of Japanese) at the Center for Distance Learning of Japanese and Japanese Issues, University of Tsukuba.”
  


• The University of Tsukuba shall handle personal information, etc. of Users acquired through the use of Tests in accordance with the Privacy Policy separately provided on the Internet website (https://www.intersc.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kyoten/privacy/), and Users and Operators consent to such handling.


• The University of Tsukuba may use personal information submitted by Users and Operators, as well as test results, access history, and other data, for the purpose of provision of this service (including conducting the necessary research to appropriately operate Tests) and the following purposes:
  （1）For identity verification of Users and notification of changes to fees or services or suspension/discontinuation of a service; and
  （2）For studies and development related to Japanese-language education by researchers of the University of Tsukuba, the personal information of Users shall be used for statistical processing, etc. (provided that the information is processed in a form where individuals cannot be identified). In order to achieve the above purposes of usage, the University of Tsukuba may entrust personal information, etc. of Users to an outsourcing contractor with whom the University of Tsukuba has concluded an agreement concerning the appropriate handling of personal information, etc. The University of Tsukuba shall not provide or disclose the information to any third party, except where its disclosure is required by a court, the police or other public agency under laws and regulations, or where advance consent is obtained from the Users.

The TTBJ was developed with a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research. While continuing to receive input from contributors, since its release on the internet the TTBJ has been adopted as a placement test as well as for language acquisition research by many institutions. We wish to express our sincere thanks to all these institutions for their support.

The TTBJ is used by the University of Tsukuba as a placement test. For several years, the University of Tsukuba has been using the TTBJ Test for Individuals to sort more than 1,000 students into appropriate Japanese language class levels every year. We recommend asking students to take the set of tests individually and then present the results sent to them via PDF file to your learning institution. If you wish to use the TTBJ test in the same manner, please refer to the Test Manual, which is available on the website of the Japanese Language Education Division of the Center for Education of Global Communication, the University of Tsukuba (http://www.cegloc.tsukuba.ac.jp/page/page000423.html).

The TTBJ (Tsukuba Test-Battery of Japanese) is operated by The Center for Distance Learning of Japanese and Japanese Issues within the Center for Education of Global Communication, the University of Tsukuba.

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