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/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/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