Japanese language and culture has never been more popular with young people, or more crucial to trade, than it is right now. As a country with shamefully low rates of foreign language ability, why would we weaken provision for one of the few languages British kids genuinely want to learn?
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Maki Kubota
11 years ago
As a prospective PhD student studying Applied Linguistics in the UK, I believe the opportunity for british students to engage in a language that differs greatly from the English language is extremely crucial. Eliminating Japanese A Level will take away this valuable language learning opportunity from many students, who wish to develop their Japanese skills to a high level.
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Keiichiro Kuriyama
11 years ago
A level is very important.
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Georgina Grell
11 years ago
Qualifications such as A level and GCSE Japanese are vital to encourage students, such as those who have grown up abroad, to study these languages and gain qualifications. Without the exams as an incentive children would likely lose the ability to speak in languages other than English.
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Keiko Harada
11 years ago
I'm a Japanese teacher who's been actively teaching and guiding secondary school children for Japanese GCSE and Alevel exam in Oxford. I feel that there's a great, constant demand among young people for Japanese language learning and the number of students who have keen interests keeps growing, instead of diminishing.As a language teacher who has been working in this country for more than 15 years, I strongly feel that we have to support Japanese and other small languages not only to give a life changing experience to young people but also to enrich the language education of this country.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Please keep A level Japanese. I think it is a loss as a problem on the country's educational philosophy to reduce the opportunity to prove the learning result of a foreign language.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Please keep A level Japanese.
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Yurika Fusa
11 years ago
Japanese A-Level helped me greatly to keep my first language. It also helped universities to see that I am capable to doing other things alongside my school education. Japanese A-Level is also beneficial for British students who want to learn the language and culture. Japan is rapidly becoming an important part of the world for its future-thinking culture and economy. Please don't take Japanese A-Level away.
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Erina Kojima
11 years ago
Please keep A level Japanese.
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Kiyoko Naish
11 years ago
Please keep Japanese A level to give chances to UK students to study higher level of Japanese.
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Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt
11 years ago
The aim of EU language policy is to promote the teaching and learning of foreign languages in EU and create “an environment that is friendly toward all Member State languages”. The A-level stakeholders must appreciate the statement once again before making their final decision.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Don't limit students' choices of languages to learn!
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Iona Vos
11 years ago
I believe that the existence of Japanese A level was integral in keeping alive my understanding and study of my mother tongue. A levels were a stressful time and without the motivation of having an exam to study for, I believe that I would have stopped the study of the language to focus on my other exams. I believe that Japanese A level is important for English students who have a passion for learning Japanese. Japanese is becoming increasingly popular as more and more people are becoming interested in Japan, and I think it would be a giant loss if A level was stopped.
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Becky Taylor
11 years ago
More effort should be being made to encourage British students to study languages, not less!
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Anonymous
11 years ago
We need a multi-lingual workforce to be competitive!
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NORIKO PERRY
11 years ago
Please do not stop Japanese education.
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Gina King
11 years ago
Japan has such an influence on young people, Technology, Anime Culture, Food, more so now than some major European countries. It will only become more popular to learn Japanese so what is the thinking behind stopping A level?
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Emmelina
11 years ago
I wish I had been given the opportunity to learn Japanese in school.
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Andrew McKell
11 years ago
Japan is one of the largest investors into the UK economy. Why would we wish to assume that we continue to have this relationship without relying on all countries to have to communicate in English? We need to learn languages to remain competitive in a Global world.
why the heck would you get rid of this
Japanese language and culture has never been more popular with young people, or more crucial to trade, than it is right now. As a country with shamefully low rates of foreign language ability, why would we weaken provision for one of the few languages British kids genuinely want to learn?
As a prospective PhD student studying Applied Linguistics in the UK, I believe the opportunity for british students to engage in a language that differs greatly from the English language is extremely crucial. Eliminating Japanese A Level will take away this valuable language learning opportunity from many students, who wish to develop their Japanese skills to a high level.
A level is very important.
Qualifications such as A level and GCSE Japanese are vital to encourage students, such as those who have grown up abroad, to study these languages and gain qualifications. Without the exams as an incentive children would likely lose the ability to speak in languages other than English.
I'm a Japanese teacher who's been actively teaching and guiding secondary school children for Japanese GCSE and Alevel exam in Oxford. I feel that there's a great, constant demand among young people for Japanese language learning and the number of students who have keen interests keeps growing, instead of diminishing.As a language teacher who has been working in this country for more than 15 years, I strongly feel that we have to support Japanese and other small languages not only to give a life changing experience to young people but also to enrich the language education of this country.
Please keep A level Japanese. I think it is a loss as a problem on the country's educational philosophy to reduce the opportunity to prove the learning result of a foreign language.
Please keep A level Japanese.
Japanese A-Level helped me greatly to keep my first language. It also helped universities to see that I am capable to doing other things alongside my school education. Japanese A-Level is also beneficial for British students who want to learn the language and culture. Japan is rapidly becoming an important part of the world for its future-thinking culture and economy. Please don't take Japanese A-Level away.
Please keep A level Japanese.
Please keep Japanese A level to give chances to UK students to study higher level of Japanese.
The aim of EU language policy is to promote the teaching and learning of foreign languages in EU and create “an environment that is friendly toward all Member State languages”. The A-level stakeholders must appreciate the statement once again before making their final decision.
Don't limit students' choices of languages to learn!
I believe that the existence of Japanese A level was integral in keeping alive my understanding and study of my mother tongue. A levels were a stressful time and without the motivation of having an exam to study for, I believe that I would have stopped the study of the language to focus on my other exams. I believe that Japanese A level is important for English students who have a passion for learning Japanese. Japanese is becoming increasingly popular as more and more people are becoming interested in Japan, and I think it would be a giant loss if A level was stopped.
More effort should be being made to encourage British students to study languages, not less!
We need a multi-lingual workforce to be competitive!
Please do not stop Japanese education.
Japan has such an influence on young people, Technology, Anime Culture, Food, more so now than some major European countries. It will only become more popular to learn Japanese so what is the thinking behind stopping A level?
I wish I had been given the opportunity to learn Japanese in school.
Japan is one of the largest investors into the UK economy. Why would we wish to assume that we continue to have this relationship without relying on all countries to have to communicate in English? We need to learn languages to remain competitive in a Global world.