It is important for students who wish to learn this language to be able to do so.
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Sarah Corston
11 years ago
Foreign languages are important. My children's school has already dropped Latin and German. My daughter is studying Japanese in year 7 and want her to be able to have the choice to continue beyond GCSE
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Cameron Croft-Hill
11 years ago
My daughter has taken GCSE Japanese and intends to study the language at A Level. She really enjoys learning this language and not deserve to have this opportunity taken away from her.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
I'm a teacher for Japanese students in Hong Kong. Many of my students learn Japanese as their heritage language and they set their goals of study at GCE A level and GCSE. I'm afraid this will cause a lack of motivation to learn the language.
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Paddy Phillips
11 years ago
Apparently the Conservatives will "guarantee the future of minority-language A-levels" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32412746
Let's hope that wasn't just another soon-to-be-forgotten pre-election pledge!
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Alison Gamble
11 years ago
My daughter is in year 7 and has chosen Japanese as her 2nd subject, as you can imagine she is very disappointed at the thought of not being able to progress past GCSE with this subject.
Yours,
A concerned and disappointed parent
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Duncan Laing
11 years ago
Why should this and other 'minority' exams suffer because of a cost-cutting approach to education? It shouldn't.
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David Harvey
11 years ago
Please keep A Level Japanese. It's my daughter's favourite language and she's in Year 7.
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Marc Burgess
11 years ago
My son has been studying Japanese for the last 8 years at Saturday schools and, now aged 13, has reached a good level is almost ready to pass the GCSE O-level exam. We strongly hope he will not be deprived of the opportunity.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Diversity is the key
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Jacqui Moore
11 years ago
In the modern world access to qualifications in languages are increasingly important. To deny students access to A level in less common languages will in time affect the future generations from competing in a globalised trade world, it is short sighted especially when the UK lags behind other countries in speaking second languages already.
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Stella Laing
11 years ago
Languages are important both individually and nationally. Reducing the choice of languages children can learn in English schools discriminates those interested in minority subjects and disadvantages us in terms of trade, science and culture.
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ian wilson
11 years ago
I think it is important to maintain an A level qualification in Japanese.
to encourage students to strive to achieve excellence in languages.
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Neil Buchanan
11 years ago
I really think that we are making a big mistake limiting opportunities for young people to learn foreign languages which will surely be regretted by future generations. For example, I think we really need to have a lot more people understand what the Russians are really thinking and above all where they are coming from. I speak 4 European languages and a little Chinese and they have opened so many doors to me and to their collective knowledge and culture which I've been able to pass onto the people I teach now. Immeasurable.
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Renata J Bachega
11 years ago
I would like to ask to open and give chances to other countries rather than UK! Hard workers and serious person exists all over the world.
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Fumiyo Nemoto-Smith
11 years ago
Language is acknowledged as key soft skill in business. CBI’s Education and Skills Survey 2012 states that ‘the business linked to the Far-East and Latin America value employees who understand the culture and can operate effectively in the business environments these countries.’ Withdrawing Japanese A-level will go against this. In this increasingly competitive global market, we should retain A-level Japanese for the future generations, and encourage learning Japanese at the KS3 and KS4, and not discouraging it.
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Jenny Robinson
11 years ago
In our global economy it is vital that the opportunity exists to study languages such as these.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Our British daughters have been studying Japanese and seeing GCSE and A level as their goals. It is not an easy language to learn, so why omit the subject and its keen learners altogether?
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NIcky Egan
11 years ago
It seems crazy in this time of increasing globalisation to discontinue the study of an important world language.
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Phoebe Pugh
11 years ago
We need to keep our options open and to make sure we don't burn our bridges behind us. We need to be a country that has cultural and economic ties with Japan. They are very pro-British. We, in turn, should reciprocate and show willingness to learn about their country and learn their language..
It is important for students who wish to learn this language to be able to do so.
Foreign languages are important. My children's school has already dropped Latin and German. My daughter is studying Japanese in year 7 and want her to be able to have the choice to continue beyond GCSE
My daughter has taken GCSE Japanese and intends to study the language at A Level. She really enjoys learning this language and not deserve to have this opportunity taken away from her.
I'm a teacher for Japanese students in Hong Kong. Many of my students learn Japanese as their heritage language and they set their goals of study at GCE A level and GCSE. I'm afraid this will cause a lack of motivation to learn the language.
Apparently the Conservatives will "guarantee the future of minority-language A-levels" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32412746 Let's hope that wasn't just another soon-to-be-forgotten pre-election pledge!
My daughter is in year 7 and has chosen Japanese as her 2nd subject, as you can imagine she is very disappointed at the thought of not being able to progress past GCSE with this subject. Yours, A concerned and disappointed parent
Why should this and other 'minority' exams suffer because of a cost-cutting approach to education? It shouldn't.
Please keep A Level Japanese. It's my daughter's favourite language and she's in Year 7.
My son has been studying Japanese for the last 8 years at Saturday schools and, now aged 13, has reached a good level is almost ready to pass the GCSE O-level exam. We strongly hope he will not be deprived of the opportunity.
Diversity is the key
In the modern world access to qualifications in languages are increasingly important. To deny students access to A level in less common languages will in time affect the future generations from competing in a globalised trade world, it is short sighted especially when the UK lags behind other countries in speaking second languages already.
Languages are important both individually and nationally. Reducing the choice of languages children can learn in English schools discriminates those interested in minority subjects and disadvantages us in terms of trade, science and culture.
I think it is important to maintain an A level qualification in Japanese. to encourage students to strive to achieve excellence in languages.
I really think that we are making a big mistake limiting opportunities for young people to learn foreign languages which will surely be regretted by future generations. For example, I think we really need to have a lot more people understand what the Russians are really thinking and above all where they are coming from. I speak 4 European languages and a little Chinese and they have opened so many doors to me and to their collective knowledge and culture which I've been able to pass onto the people I teach now. Immeasurable.
I would like to ask to open and give chances to other countries rather than UK! Hard workers and serious person exists all over the world.
Language is acknowledged as key soft skill in business. CBI’s Education and Skills Survey 2012 states that ‘the business linked to the Far-East and Latin America value employees who understand the culture and can operate effectively in the business environments these countries.’ Withdrawing Japanese A-level will go against this. In this increasingly competitive global market, we should retain A-level Japanese for the future generations, and encourage learning Japanese at the KS3 and KS4, and not discouraging it.
In our global economy it is vital that the opportunity exists to study languages such as these.
Our British daughters have been studying Japanese and seeing GCSE and A level as their goals. It is not an easy language to learn, so why omit the subject and its keen learners altogether?
It seems crazy in this time of increasing globalisation to discontinue the study of an important world language.
We need to keep our options open and to make sure we don't burn our bridges behind us. We need to be a country that has cultural and economic ties with Japan. They are very pro-British. We, in turn, should reciprocate and show willingness to learn about their country and learn their language..