Please continue Japanese A level for maintaining a strong bond with UK and Japan.
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Sachiyo Miyakawa
11 years ago
please keep Japanese class at high school education. My high school in Japan has second language classes (French, Chinese & Korean) and enables us to broad our possibility in the future and helps to choose university along career visions. It's worth to keep it.
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Mike Handford
11 years ago
The UK needs more language skills.
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Masaomi Takahashi
11 years ago
Poor to hear that...
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Language instruction is very important and JAPANESE IS A KEY LANGUAGE. Do not let the UK fall farther behind in language education!
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Ryuko Oldfield
11 years ago
It would so obviously be a bad decision to stop offering Japanese A level in the UK, alongside a wide range of other languages. The world is moving forwards. Is the UK opting out?
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masaru
11 years ago
Please. Don't do that.
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Atsuko Hashimoto Westmacott
11 years ago
1. The number of tourists travelling to Japan has increased in the last year, and the UK is one of the largest source of tourists visiting Japan (NHK).
2. Japan is the third biggest economy in the world, and a significant investor in the UK, with companies such as Toyota and Nissan expanding their development and factory presence here recently (NHK).
3. The UK is a multicultural country, and many people of East Asian heritage have a particular interest in learning Japanese.
4. Japan has been a popular secondary school trip destination for students who want to learn Japanese science and technology, and want to enjoy Japanese pop-culture such as Anime (NHK).
5. The JET scheme continues to be a very popular way for British people to live in Japan and teach English; the chance to learn some Japanese before going helps participants get the best out of their time abroad.
6. The Olympics and Paralympic games will happen in Tokyo in 2020, an occasion for greater contact and co-operation between the UK and Japan, and for many more British people to visit Japan, as they did in the 2002 World Cup. Considering this, it would seem to be bad timing to discontinue Japanese A-levels in 2017.
7. Many British young people enjoy Japanese pop culture, especially anime, manga, and novels by authors such as Haruki Murakami; many of these fans are keen to gain the ability to appreciate these works in their original language.
8. Some learners of Japanese want to learn Japanese to keep good friendship with native Japanese friends they have met in the UK.
9. Japanese parents living in this country usually want their children to grow up knowing Japanese as well as English.
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Eri Shimomura
11 years ago
It a disgrace cutting down on minority language like Japanese at A level. This government already reduced a lot of the language evening classes. How do people improve their language skills without a target?
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Mikko
11 years ago
Keep it!
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Yuko Greatrex
11 years ago
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A number of my former students at Stoke-on-Trent College who studied Japanese were dyslexic. Many of them previously believed they were 'thick'. However I found none of them was. Learning different language helps developing more logical thinking.
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Professor Arthur Stockwin
11 years ago
Japan has the third largest economy in the world after the US and China, and is a major trading and investment partner of the United Kingdom.
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Sachiko Shin Halley
11 years ago
If British learn, for example, Chinese as the only Asian language, they might think that this is the representative of Asian ways of thinking, which could lead to a serious problem. It is important to learn at least two languages in the region in order to have the better perspective.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Please keep Japanese Language education as part of high school education
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Naoko Coupe
11 years ago
This is certainly one of the very important language skills and A level should be continued.
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Silvia Acq
11 years ago
studying languages can broad one's horizon. Taking away the possibility to study languages at school level can prevent pupils to develop their talents. while you study languages and culture you learn pattern of thoughts different from your owns that can help you develop as a person.
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Kazumi Kidd
11 years ago
Keep Japanese A-Level
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Rihae
11 years ago
Please keep Japanese A level!
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June Waudby
11 years ago
Why would we scrap any language A-Levels? We are notoriously bad at learning/using other languages -- surely this contributes to the problem? See also the notes about Improving chances for students with dyslexia to achieve a language skill and please sign
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Elaine Lambert
11 years ago
We should not be closing in on ourselves and failing to communicate with the wider world.
Please continue Japanese A level for maintaining a strong bond with UK and Japan.
please keep Japanese class at high school education. My high school in Japan has second language classes (French, Chinese & Korean) and enables us to broad our possibility in the future and helps to choose university along career visions. It's worth to keep it.
The UK needs more language skills.
Poor to hear that...
Language instruction is very important and JAPANESE IS A KEY LANGUAGE. Do not let the UK fall farther behind in language education!
It would so obviously be a bad decision to stop offering Japanese A level in the UK, alongside a wide range of other languages. The world is moving forwards. Is the UK opting out?
Please. Don't do that.
1. The number of tourists travelling to Japan has increased in the last year, and the UK is one of the largest source of tourists visiting Japan (NHK). 2. Japan is the third biggest economy in the world, and a significant investor in the UK, with companies such as Toyota and Nissan expanding their development and factory presence here recently (NHK). 3. The UK is a multicultural country, and many people of East Asian heritage have a particular interest in learning Japanese. 4. Japan has been a popular secondary school trip destination for students who want to learn Japanese science and technology, and want to enjoy Japanese pop-culture such as Anime (NHK). 5. The JET scheme continues to be a very popular way for British people to live in Japan and teach English; the chance to learn some Japanese before going helps participants get the best out of their time abroad. 6. The Olympics and Paralympic games will happen in Tokyo in 2020, an occasion for greater contact and co-operation between the UK and Japan, and for many more British people to visit Japan, as they did in the 2002 World Cup. Considering this, it would seem to be bad timing to discontinue Japanese A-levels in 2017. 7. Many British young people enjoy Japanese pop culture, especially anime, manga, and novels by authors such as Haruki Murakami; many of these fans are keen to gain the ability to appreciate these works in their original language. 8. Some learners of Japanese want to learn Japanese to keep good friendship with native Japanese friends they have met in the UK. 9. Japanese parents living in this country usually want their children to grow up knowing Japanese as well as English.
It a disgrace cutting down on minority language like Japanese at A level. This government already reduced a lot of the language evening classes. How do people improve their language skills without a target?
Keep it!
A number of my former students at Stoke-on-Trent College who studied Japanese were dyslexic. Many of them previously believed they were 'thick'. However I found none of them was. Learning different language helps developing more logical thinking.
Japan has the third largest economy in the world after the US and China, and is a major trading and investment partner of the United Kingdom.
If British learn, for example, Chinese as the only Asian language, they might think that this is the representative of Asian ways of thinking, which could lead to a serious problem. It is important to learn at least two languages in the region in order to have the better perspective.
Please keep Japanese Language education as part of high school education
This is certainly one of the very important language skills and A level should be continued.
studying languages can broad one's horizon. Taking away the possibility to study languages at school level can prevent pupils to develop their talents. while you study languages and culture you learn pattern of thoughts different from your owns that can help you develop as a person.
Keep Japanese A-Level
Please keep Japanese A level!
Why would we scrap any language A-Levels? We are notoriously bad at learning/using other languages -- surely this contributes to the problem? See also the notes about Improving chances for students with dyslexia to achieve a language skill and please sign
We should not be closing in on ourselves and failing to communicate with the wider world.