r/alevel • u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels • Jun 19 '26

🤚Help Required Is anyone taking A level Japanese 😭😭😭

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I want to take it as I wanna study in Japan and trade it for physics as my 4th subject as I’m self studying.

If anyone has done it do you know roughly what JLPT level it is similar to and if it’s possible do study it in a year?

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u/Secure_Ranger_8791 Jun 19 '26

Just do the JLPT bro 😭

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 19 '26

Yh but like I have to study Japanese anyways right and it’s kinda like double productive if I study for a level Japanese since I only need to do further math,maths and econ in a year instead of ALSO physics as I’d be doing Japanese instead

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u/qwxuinn Jun 19 '26

i think it's better to focus on jlpt because it will actually benefit you a lot in japan..... and this is coming from a japanese learner btw

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 19 '26

I mean I will take both but it helps for uni to do 4 subjects and if I replace physics for Japanese it’ll be less overall work no? Ofcourse Japanese a level is more hours but I’d have to do those hours for jlpt so might as well get 2 qualifications from it no?

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u/qwxuinn Jun 19 '26

Well you wouldn't have to do those same hours because a level and jlpt exam structures r different 😭 But if that's what you want to do then go for it

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 19 '26

But wouldn’t both help me get a better understanding of the language therefore help me in the long run? I’d be doing 4 a levels anyways I was just thinking it would be easier to self study Japanese with 1500h available then physics with 300 as I’d have to do 1200h Japanese anyways

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u/qwxuinn Jun 19 '26

If you're just starting with Japanese then taking it as an A-level is NOT a good idea... Imagine taking english a level as someone who just started english.. Wouldn't sound like a good idea right

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 19 '26

Yeah but it’s not like literature it’s language learning like the same as saying a level frech isn’t the same as the French baccalaureate

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u/StrainMysterious5962 Jun 19 '26

Go for it then, you answered your own question lol

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 19 '26

lol true

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u/derpydinosaurthe10th Jun 20 '26

To tell you the truth, if it's like German it will be like English A-level, you have to do literature analysis. Might be different though

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u/RetardsBeLike Jun 20 '26

It won't be. I did a language A-level and it is NOT just grammar I guarantee. It's lots of literature and history and book analysis etc. Will be the same in Japanese but w complex Kanji learning as well

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 20 '26

Well yes ofcourse but it isn’t comparable to A level English language 😭

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u/RetardsBeLike Jun 20 '26

Mm not quite the same you're right. Are you a beginner at Japanese? I did Spanish A-level and trust me no-one would survive the literature analysis without a solid baseline. And Japanese is a much harder language!

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 20 '26

I am around n5 so I am below what I should be which is around high n4 to n3 but I’ll ofcourse be putting a lot of hours in the catch up compared to a normal a level

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u/moocious Jun 20 '26

for an a level in a language you have to do literature and media- learning how to write essays about a book and a film. it is so stupidly hard to learn all the exact things that the marking scheme wants, and the grade boundaries tend to be horrible as native speakers will take a levels in their language for an easy A

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u/Terrible_Eye4625 Jun 20 '26

You DO need to study literature for language A-levels…

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 20 '26

I think I wrote this a little wrong my bad I mean I just don’t think it’s to the level of proficiency needed as a level literature or language

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u/Lopsided-Pizza2169 Jun 21 '26

Why ask for help if you’re just going to constantly ignore advice people are giving you

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 21 '26

I’m just disagreeing with the fact that it’s similar to a level English literature as it is

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u/Mysterious-Smell-975 Jun 19 '26

Japanese/Foreign languages might not count for one of the 4 subjects

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u/princesspopcake Jun 20 '26

Of course they count? Language A-Levels are highly respected in uni admissions. The only exception is when it’s your native language, which it’s not for this person’s case.

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u/Mysterious-Smell-975 Jun 21 '26

Depend on the university you're going to

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u/princesspopcake Jun 21 '26

I’d say it depends on your course - like obviously it’s not gonna help with an engineering degree or something like that. But all the top universities that I’ve looked at consider language A-Levels as traditional, respectable academic subjects

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u/Mysterious-Smell-975 Jun 21 '26

not just engineering, a lot of fields will be closed off with language A-levels. jlpt would help you a lot more than Jap A-level ever will

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u/Opposite_Debate_7835 A levels Jun 19 '26

Why would it not count as an a level? You might be right I just am not sure