看護師国家試験の語彙の様相 : 日本語能力試験出題基準語彙表との比較から <原著論文>

This paper focuses on aspects of the vocabulary used in the National Nurse's Examination, which tests the general knowledge of nurses, by comparing it with Test Content Specifications of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.

The results reveal that words used as the standard vocabulary below the level 2 Japanese Language Proficiency Test cover 65% and the level 2 Japanese Language Proficiency Test covers 24.4% of the 36,119 words that appeared in six examinations. However, words used out of the standard vocabulary of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test cover 26.5%.

Results also indicate that less than 40% of the words in the standard vocabulary are used in six examinations. Especially, just 24% of the words in the level 1 Japanese Language Proficiency Test are used, and 40.3% of the words in level 2 Japanese Language Proficiency Test are used in six examinations.

The results suggest that learners have to learn the vocabularies below level 2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test as well as those vocabularies out of the standard vocabulary of Japanese Language Proficiency Test in order to fully comprehend the questions and problems in the National Nurse's Examination. Furthermore, the words in the standard vocabulary of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, which were also used in the National Nurse's Examination, have some tendencies in the usage.