Keep Japanese A Level

I support to keep Japanese A level.

We need to support all language learning at all levels in this country.

Japanese is such an important language internationally and it seems a sorry state of affairs to withdraw such an interesting and prolific language from the A level syllabus.

We need international links, connections, skills and trade. We must keep higher level qualifications in languages going - even if only a few take them, they will be key contributors to the future of the country.

This is extremely important for the future of our nation!

Please keep teaching Japanese

We needed to learn beyond the confines of European languages and ways of thinking. Japanese provides a valuable opportunity to learn new ways of thinking as well as cultural richness, which can only improve all-round cognitive ability and awareness of equality and diversity.

Definitely necessary!

We should keep a chance to study Japanese for all chirldren who want to learn it. I can not agree with the plan to abolish exam of Japanese A level.

I strongly disagree with the plan to abolish Japanese A level. My children are learning Japanese and I know quite a few people who are learning Japanese, including my boss for a business purpose. It is such a known fact that the earlier the better to start learning a foreign language. Learning a foreign language will expand people's visions and future, and it is very important that the education system offers options for different languages. Please do not abolish Japanesd A level. Many children, including my two daughera, would lose a chance to work hard to learn it.

Japan and the UK just celebrated the 150th anniversary of the first exchange of scholars the "Choshu Five". Learning language is a hard work and takes time. Seeing students enjoy learning Japanese culture through learning Japanese language, the withdrawal of Japanese A level exams would be a great loss as this means students will lose a way of learning Japanese. We should encourage students to learn more, instead of taking away their opportunities.

A-level Japanese courses have generated so many university students who read Japanese study, and they do not drop out.

Giving children an opportunity to learn other languages and cultures means a lot for children to become international resource which will be so beneficial for both students and countries.

It is really shame to lose an opportunity for children to study Japanese. Learning language is the best way to understand different cultures and it will support diplomatic friendship after all.

I think that it is important for all students to have an opportunity to study not only Spanish, French and German but other languages and cultures outside Europe!!

We are having great difficulty recruiting a scientist or engineer with Japanese reading ability in addition to excellent written English. Important and useful engineering papers and articles are published in Japanese.

Fluency and competence in Japanese and other Asian languages is essential to membership in the current and future global community.

A backwards step - we should be encouraging familiarity with and proficiency in non-european languages .

Keep Japanese A level.

It is important that young generations of British students have access to qualifications in all modern languages. What we need is more fluent speakers of other languages, rather than less. Japanese young culture is very trendy among young students and many feel motivated to study it because of it. The withdrawal of Japanese from the A-level qualification would have a great impact of the numbers of students who would pursue the study of this Asian language.