Abstract
There are three primary tools for assessing and measuring children’s Japanese language proficiency: (1) the Dialogic Language Assessment (DLA), developed by the International Education Division of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology; (2) the JSL Band Scale; and (3) SPOT-Y for young learners. While numerous analyses and reports have focused on the individual characteristics of these tools, their interrelationships have not been thoroughly examined. By applying all three tools to the same group of children, this study revealed a strong correlation among the results, demonstrating significant interconnections between the three assessment instruments.
