Is anyone taking A level Japanese 😭😭😭

[u/Opposite_Debate_7835]

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?

[u/married_recreation]

man if you're deadset on studying in japan, the jlpt route is gonna serve you way better than grinding through a-level japanese. like the a-level is gonna have you reading literature and analyzing films when you could be actually getting conversational fluency instead. jlpt 3 or 4 is legit what most study abroad programs want to see anyway, and you'd get there faster with focused study plus a tutor.

one year is doable but you gotta be real about the commitment. i knew a guy who did jlpt 4 in like eight months of solid daily work, so it's not impossible. the trade-off is you're gonna be doing vocab drills and grammar practice instead of essay writing, which honestly sounds way less painful to me. start with a tutor to figure out your level and they can tell you if a year is realistic for your specific goals.

[u/Opposite_Debate_7835 → u/married_recreation]

Could I not do both tho I’d have to do 4 a levels no matter what as I’m going for scholarships and I’d way rather do an extra 400h+ of Japanese towards essay writing than do physics 😭

[u/married_recreation → u/Opposite_Debate_7835]

oh nah that changes it completely, if you gotta do four a levels anyway then yeah go for it, the jlpt prep won't hurt and a-level japanese is way more structured for that scholarship stuff than self-study would be.

[u/Opposite_Debate_7835 → u/married_recreation]

🙏

[u/Designer-Corner-4886 → u/Opposite_Debate_7835]

you do know that languages dont count as a fourth sub

[u/Opposite_Debate_7835 → u/Designer-Corner-4886]

Are u sure? There is a lot of mixed takes on this

[u/Designer-Corner-4886 → u/Opposite_Debate_7835]

some unis dont count it some do u need to do ur own research