Given Japanese inward investment to the UK and the very strong tradition of trade between the 2 countries togetger with Japan's status as a reliable ally in a complex and changing part of the world not to mention the close cultural ties between our countries, this is ill advised.
Notoriously, the UK cut the funding of university Russian Departments just before perestroika and the opening of Eastern Europe. Let us not repeat history and diminish both the present and potential of an already highly fruitful relationship through its neglect within our education system. We need Japanese speakers and to cultivate them our examinations system must continue to test, recognise and credentialise their achievements.
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Charles Joseph
11 years ago
Given Japanese inward investment to the UK and the very strong tradition of trade between the 2 countries togetger with Japan's status as a reliable ally in a complex and changing part of the world not to mention the close cultural ties between our countries, this is ill advised.
Notoriously, the UK cut the funding of university Russian Departments just before perestroika and the opening of Eastern Europe. Let us not repeat history and diminish both the present and potential of an already highly fruitful relationship through its neglect within our education system. We need Japanese speakers and to cultivate them our examinations system must continue to test, recognise and credentialise their achievements.
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Charles Joseph
11 years ago
Given Japanese inward investment to the UK and the very strong tradition of trade between the 2 countries togetger with Japan's status as a reliable ally in a complex and changing part of the world not to mention the close cultural ties between our countries, this is ill advised.
Notoriously, the UK cut the funding of university Russian Departments just before perestroika and the opening of Eastern Europe. Let us not repeat history and diminish both the present and potential of an already highly fruitful relationship through its neglect within our education system. We need Japanese speakers and to cultivate them our examinations system must continue to test, recognise and credentialise their achievements.
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Charles Joseph
11 years ago
Given Japanese inward investment to the UK and the very strong tradition of trade between the 2 countries togetger with Japan's status as a reliable ally in a complex and changing part of the world not to mention the close cultural ties between our countries, this is ill advised.
Notoriously, the UK cut the funding of university Russian Departments just before perestroika and the opening of Eastern Europe. Let us not repeat history and diminish both the present and potential of an already highly fruitful relationship through its neglect within our education system. We need Japanese speakers and to cultivate them our examinations system must continue to test, recognise and credentialise their achievements.
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Masayuki Suzuki
11 years ago
JAPAN has to be more attractive for young people in the world !
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Steven Friday
11 years ago
Our children have been working hard for this ...Please don't deny them this opportunity .
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Ilse van der Velden
11 years ago
It is critical that students are offered a wide range of languages to study from GCSE level and onwards. Restricting this range can only have a devastating impact on their prospect and understanding of societies, including their own. Anyone involved in education at all levels, from tutors to local organisations or national stakeholders, must be entitled to continue enjoying the very enriching and fruitful part all languages play. Allowing students to learn them as part of their curriculum generates all sorts of benefits for the individual and society.
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Aya Savage
11 years ago
Our children have been working very hard from an early age to acquire Japanese language skills as a part of their heritage. Please do not take away the opportunity to show the fruit of their labour in an official way.
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Kayoko Kameda
11 years ago
Yonger study Japanese is better than later.
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Takako Amano
11 years ago
At our university, Japanese has been the largest language within our Modern Language Degree for years. It seems odd that Japanese has to be listed as at risk whilst learner demand has been high.
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Christine Charles
11 years ago
We should be increasing opportunities for UK students to acquire other languages not decreasing the options available.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
I'm currently studying Japanese and I would like to take a Japanese A level
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Juliet Dowley
11 years ago
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Japanese is a fascinating language and Japan is the 3rd biggest economy in the world and is expected to remain so for at least the next decade. If you can do A-levels in Portuguese, Spanish, Welsh, Irish, Dutch and many other languages, why not Japanese?
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Anri Nakatani
11 years ago
Language is a very important communication skill between cultures. Hope Britain do not chase only the current economy. Please don't let the long and beautiful relationship between Britain and Japan be faded.
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Thomas Belshaw
11 years ago
The more opportunities to learn languages that students have, the more broadened their academic and cultural horizons will become, something we need to be promoting rather than giving up on.
Save Japanese A-Level
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Mr. Yuk-Hong Cheuk
11 years ago
We should keep the A level Japanese course in UK..
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PaulineMapp
11 years ago
Even though my daughter does not know if she will be doing this subject at A level(she is in year 7 at present), we would still like to have the option when the time comes.
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John McKiernan
11 years ago
I'm an art teacher who has lived in Japan and speaks functional/conversational Japanese. Japan is the world's third largest economy and having taught English in the Japanese education system, I can say they simply aren't producing enough functional English speakers to fill the communication gap. Japanese also serves as an introduction to Mandarin and Cantonese (much more difficult languages that use most of the same ideograms). This is an absurd decision designed to save money in the short term but will do lasting damage.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
It is important to continue to cultivate cultural diversity and understanding.
kono shiken no jisshi wo sansei shimasu.
Given Japanese inward investment to the UK and the very strong tradition of trade between the 2 countries togetger with Japan's status as a reliable ally in a complex and changing part of the world not to mention the close cultural ties between our countries, this is ill advised. Notoriously, the UK cut the funding of university Russian Departments just before perestroika and the opening of Eastern Europe. Let us not repeat history and diminish both the present and potential of an already highly fruitful relationship through its neglect within our education system. We need Japanese speakers and to cultivate them our examinations system must continue to test, recognise and credentialise their achievements.
Given Japanese inward investment to the UK and the very strong tradition of trade between the 2 countries togetger with Japan's status as a reliable ally in a complex and changing part of the world not to mention the close cultural ties between our countries, this is ill advised. Notoriously, the UK cut the funding of university Russian Departments just before perestroika and the opening of Eastern Europe. Let us not repeat history and diminish both the present and potential of an already highly fruitful relationship through its neglect within our education system. We need Japanese speakers and to cultivate them our examinations system must continue to test, recognise and credentialise their achievements.
Given Japanese inward investment to the UK and the very strong tradition of trade between the 2 countries togetger with Japan's status as a reliable ally in a complex and changing part of the world not to mention the close cultural ties between our countries, this is ill advised. Notoriously, the UK cut the funding of university Russian Departments just before perestroika and the opening of Eastern Europe. Let us not repeat history and diminish both the present and potential of an already highly fruitful relationship through its neglect within our education system. We need Japanese speakers and to cultivate them our examinations system must continue to test, recognise and credentialise their achievements.
Given Japanese inward investment to the UK and the very strong tradition of trade between the 2 countries togetger with Japan's status as a reliable ally in a complex and changing part of the world not to mention the close cultural ties between our countries, this is ill advised. Notoriously, the UK cut the funding of university Russian Departments just before perestroika and the opening of Eastern Europe. Let us not repeat history and diminish both the present and potential of an already highly fruitful relationship through its neglect within our education system. We need Japanese speakers and to cultivate them our examinations system must continue to test, recognise and credentialise their achievements.
JAPAN has to be more attractive for young people in the world !
Our children have been working hard for this ...Please don't deny them this opportunity .
It is critical that students are offered a wide range of languages to study from GCSE level and onwards. Restricting this range can only have a devastating impact on their prospect and understanding of societies, including their own. Anyone involved in education at all levels, from tutors to local organisations or national stakeholders, must be entitled to continue enjoying the very enriching and fruitful part all languages play. Allowing students to learn them as part of their curriculum generates all sorts of benefits for the individual and society.
Our children have been working very hard from an early age to acquire Japanese language skills as a part of their heritage. Please do not take away the opportunity to show the fruit of their labour in an official way.
Yonger study Japanese is better than later.
At our university, Japanese has been the largest language within our Modern Language Degree for years. It seems odd that Japanese has to be listed as at risk whilst learner demand has been high.
We should be increasing opportunities for UK students to acquire other languages not decreasing the options available.
I'm currently studying Japanese and I would like to take a Japanese A level
Japanese is a fascinating language and Japan is the 3rd biggest economy in the world and is expected to remain so for at least the next decade. If you can do A-levels in Portuguese, Spanish, Welsh, Irish, Dutch and many other languages, why not Japanese?
Language is a very important communication skill between cultures. Hope Britain do not chase only the current economy. Please don't let the long and beautiful relationship between Britain and Japan be faded.
The more opportunities to learn languages that students have, the more broadened their academic and cultural horizons will become, something we need to be promoting rather than giving up on. Save Japanese A-Level
We should keep the A level Japanese course in UK..
Even though my daughter does not know if she will be doing this subject at A level(she is in year 7 at present), we would still like to have the option when the time comes.
I'm an art teacher who has lived in Japan and speaks functional/conversational Japanese. Japan is the world's third largest economy and having taught English in the Japanese education system, I can say they simply aren't producing enough functional English speakers to fill the communication gap. Japanese also serves as an introduction to Mandarin and Cantonese (much more difficult languages that use most of the same ideograms). This is an absurd decision designed to save money in the short term but will do lasting damage.
It is important to continue to cultivate cultural diversity and understanding.