Japanese Can-do Statements for Care Based on the Japan Foundation Standards for Japanese Language Education
for the Development of New Japanese Language Proficiency Tests
Focused on Japanese Communication Skills on the Sites of Nursing Care（KCDS)

Level K2b
Topic/
Setting

Object/Interaction
Partner

Category

Speaking

I can explain customs in some detail that relate to my religion, such as Selfspecial clothes, fasting, prayers, etc.
introduction

Users・staff

Taking part in social
communication

Interactive
activities（Oral）

2SpeakingI can explain in some detail a user’s condition and how the facility
respond to it when the user’s family come to visit him/her.

Taking part incommunication
related to duties

Interactive
activities（Oral）

3

I can explain to a user what he/she will do during a recreation activity BusinessSpeaking or event if I can look at printed material, such as a memo, programme, correspondenc Usersetc..
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Speaking

I can talk to a user who is in trouble or doesn’t look well and keep theconversation going understanding his/her responses.

Generalassistance

Users

Taking part inInteractive
empathic
activities
communication with（Oral）
users5Speaking

I can keep a conversation going about celebrities or famous people
that a user likes while asking and answering questions in some detail.

Chat

Users

Taking part inInteractive
empathic
activities
communication with（Oral）
users

6

I can keep a conversation going about familiar topics including a user’s
Speaking hobbies and past job experiences while asking and answering
Chatquestions in some detail.

Users

Taking part inInteractive
empathic
activities
communication with（Oral）
users

7

I can listen to a user showing simpathy and understand what he/she
Speaking talk about his/her memories of past days, trouble with interpersonal
relationships, etc.

Chat

Users

Taking part inInteractive
empathic
activities
communication with（Oral）
users

8SpeakingI can keep a conversation going about, for example, his/her and myChatown experineces while asking and answering questions in some detail.

Users

Taking part inInteractive
empathic
activities
communication with（Oral）
users

9

Speaking

I can talk with a user in some detail about impressions and feelings
after a festival or an event.

Chat

Users

Taking part inInteractive
empathic
activitiescommunication with（Oral）
users

10

Speaking

I can keep a conversation going while asking questions when a user
talks in various speech styles.

Chat

Users

Taking part inInteractive
empathic
activities
communication with（Oral）
users

11

Speaking

I can communicate with staff in some detail about eath other’sexperiences.

Chat

Staff

Interacting in
informal situations

Interactive
activities（Oral）

12

Speaking

I can listen to a user and understand what he/she wants his/her family General
to do, and keep the conversation going to respond to it.
assistance

Users

Listening to users'
requests andcomplaints

Interactive
activities（Oral）

13

Speaking

I can make a well-organized oral report when handing over shift about,
Businessfor example, the content of care, the condition of a user, a user’s daily
correspondenc Staff
schedule, etc., and respond to anticipated questions, if you look ate/Handing overyour notes.

Taking part incommunication
related to duties

Interactive
activities（Oral）

14

I can report essential information and consult with staff when handing BusinessSpeaking over shift about the response when a user seems not to be the same as correspondenc Staff
usual.
e/Handing over

Taking part incommunication
related to duties

Productiveactivities(Speaking)15

I can precisely answer questions from staff about a user’s condition
Speaking (e.g. where hurts and how much it hurts) using short phrases andwords that include onomatopoeia.

Taking part incommunication
related to duties

Interactive
activities（Oral）

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Language
Skill

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Japanese Language Proficiency Can-do Statements for Care

Responding to Users'
user’s familyfamilies

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Types ofLanguage
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Interactive
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I can understand general work duties (physical assistance, associatedSpeaking duties, records, etc.) while asking questions to staff and checking
understanding.

Generalassistance

Staff

Taking part incommunication
related to duties

Interactiveactivities（Oral）

17

I can explain to staff or the facility director my current situation andSpeaking plans for learning the Japanese necessary for my duties, and consult
with them about, for example, how to study.

Assistance
related toduties

Staff

Taking part incommunication
related to duties

Interactive
activities（Oral）

18

I can explain to staff in some detail the situation and your feelings, and Assistance
Speaking try to come up with a solution, when a problem occurs at work or in related tomy life.
dutiesStaff

Taking part incommunication
related to duties

Interactive
activities（Oral）

19

Speaking

I can explain the situation in some detail to staff and consult withthem about how to respond when I hear a complaint from a user who
has a mental illness, such as dementia, that “You stole my wallet”(delusion of theft).

Assistance
related toduties

Staff

Taking part incommunication
related to duties

Interactiveactivities（Oral）

20

Speaking

I can check details of the work and receive instructions in order toprepare seasonal or other events with staff.

Businesscorrespondenc StaffeInteracting during
cooperative work

Interactiveactivities（Oral）

21

I can listen to a member of staff talking about the name of desease and Business
Listening the condition of a user and how to respond to it, and understandcorrespondenc Staff
detailed information necessary for his/her care.
eTaking part incommunicationrelated to duties

Receptiveactivities(Listening)

22

I can listen to and understand a member of staff’s explanation using
Business
Listening onomatopoeia, including“His heart is beating doki-doki (loudly ), ”and correspondenc Staff
know the health condition of the user.
eTaking part incommunication
related to duties

Receptiveactivities(Listening)

23

Listening

I can listen to and understand a member of staff’s explanation ofBusiness
points to be careful of and how to use tools or equipments necessary
correspondenc Staff
for physical assistance, such as bathing equipment, while being shown
ethese.

Taking part incommunication
related to duties

Receptiveactivities(Listening)

24

Listening

I can listen to and understand an emergency announcement in thefacility, including a fire or earthquake alarm.

BusinessAnnouncem Listening tocorrespondenc
ent
announcementse

Receptive
activities(Listening)

25

Listening

I can listen to a member of staff and understand a simple explanationand important points about records while being shown these.

Generalassistance

Staff

Listening to staff's
instructions andexplanations

Receptive
activities(Listening)26

I can understand how to serve care food and Japanese tea (green tea,
Listening hojicha - roasted green tea, genmaicha - tea with roasted rice, etc.)by
being shown and other important points while for service.

Physicalassistance/Eati Staff
ng assistance

Listening to staff'sinstructions andexplanations

Receptiveactivities(Listening)27

I can listen to and understand a member of staff’s instructions andListening
important points related to a user’s medicine.

Physicalassistance/Assistancetakingmedicine

Staff

Taking part incommunicationrelated to duties

Receptiveactivities(Listening)28

I can listen to and understand a user’s complaints related to his/her
Listening body and feelings using onomatopoeia including “I have a kirikiri(sharp) pain in my stomach,” or “I have zoku-zoku (a chill) .”Generalassistance

Users

Listening to users'
requests andcomplaints

Receptiveactivities(Listening)29

I can listen to and understand what a user with dementia says,
Listening including “I want to go home” or “my stuff was stolen” while checking Handing overmy understanding.

UsersListening to users'
requests andcomplaints

Receptiveactivities(Listening)

30

Listening

I can understand what a user says even if it includes particular oldfashioned words that older people use including “kawaya” orGeneral“emonkake”, or short expressions using dialect including “azumashii” assistance(“feeling good” in the Tohoku dialect).

Users

Interacting withusers

Receptiveactivities(Listening)

31

Listening

I can listen to and understand detailed information about a change ina user’s condition and the response to this, when handing over shifts.

Businesscorrespondenc Staff
e/Handing overTaking part incommunication
related to duties

Receptiveactivities(Listening)32

I can write in some detail the condition of users that I am responsible Business
Care
Writing for, including what they said, in care records either input by computer correspondenc
recordingor written by hand.
eWriting documents
related to duties

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I can write in detail the circumstances in a “hiyarihatto” report when I BusinessWriting cause a user to fall over when moving him/her during thecorrespondenc Reports
administration of body care if I receive help from staff.
eWriting documents
related to duties

Productiveactivities(Writing)

34

I can write in detail the circumstances in an accident report when I
Writing cause a user to fall over when moving him/her during theadministration of body care if I receive help from staff.

Businesscorrespondenc ReportseWriting documents
related to duties

Productiveactivities(Writing)

35

I can read and understand most of the contents of an e-mail or SNS text BusinessEmails・
Reading containing a message written in some detail related to work from acorrespondenc
SNSs
member of staff .
eInteracting by letteror email

Receptiveactivities(Reading)36

I can read a short simple explanation written in a manual about
GeneralReading currently prevalent infectious diseases, and to some extent canassistanceunderstand specialized information, such as how to make disinfectant.

Manuals

Reading essential
information

Receptiveactivities(Reading)37

I can read a manual (instructions) related to the care provided in thefacility, and find informations needed to carry out my work, such as
Reading
methods of care and points I need to pay attention to, if a member ofstaff helps me by explaining unknown words.

Manuals

Receptive
Finding out essential
activities(Readinformationing)

38

Reading

Business
I can read care records, and understand without help the information
Care
correspondenc
concerning user’s health conditions, and how to administer care.
recordinge

Reading essential
information

Receptiveactivities(Reading)39

Reading

I can read care records, and understand without help a user’s mainfood preferences (likes and dislikes of food, seasoning, etc.).

BusinessCarecorrespondenc
recordingeReading essential
information

Receptiveactivities(Reading)40

Reading

I can read an accident report and understand without help necessary
informations.

Businesscorrespondenc ReportseReading essential
information

Receptiveactivities(Reading)41

Reading

I can read the “hiyarihatto” report and understand without help
necessary informations.

Businesscorrespondenc ReportseReading essential
information

Receptiveactivities(Reading)42

I can read a memo such as announcement written on a whiteboard,Reading and understand without help informations needed to carry out myduties.

Business
Memos・
correspondenc
Cardse

Reading essential
information

Receptiveactivities(Reading)43

I can read notices from the facility about social events, staff training,Reading etc. and find necessary informations without help, such as work
announcements, duties, etc..

Businesscorrespondenc Handoutse

Receptive
Finding out essentialactivities(Readinformationing)

44

Reading45

I can read instructions related to equipments and care products used
Reading when administering care (self-help devices, walkers, etc.), andunderstand without helpinformations needed to carry out my work.

GeneralassistanceDescription Reading essentialsinformation

Receptiveactivities(Reading)46

I can read instructions for equipment used for back of house work,
Reading such as washing machines and vacuum cleaners, and understandwithout help information needed to carry out my work.

GeneralassistanceDescription Reading essentials
information

Receptiveactivities(Reading)

I can read notes and find necessary information without help, such aswork announcements, duties, etc.

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ReceptiveFinding out essential
correspondenc ence
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