Third languages
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I posted this in another thread. But just to share again. For japanese, French and German, the drop out rate is the highest for Japanese, followed by French and then German.
Japanese is tougher because the children need to learn all the three writing scripts right from the beginning. The pace is also much faster compared to the other two languages.
You can withdraw any time. But bear in mind that the books for these languages are not cheap, so kind of wasted if the child quits after one term. If you are just going to try out, maybe can see if you can get old textbooks from seniors. The workbooks, no choice, must buy. -
Hohoho, so many kids choosing Jap. What lizawa said is really true, Jap is really tough and the 3 Jap classes of my day have been all but chopped to 1 by the 3rd Year. The drop-out rate truly is scary. In terms of usefulness (in the future), French and German also wins Jap in this aspect. But Jap is still a very interesting and mystical language though.
Oh and yes, the textbooks for Jap are the MOST expensive out of all the subjects, at least for my year. I think it totals to about 130? -
For us we dont want ds to spend extra time travelling so initially decided not to take 3rd languge. Then we realise the school that he is most likely to end up with has inhouse msp so deciding now whether to take it or not.
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Hi, with a aggregate score of 246, do you think i shlld take up Malay as third- language? Please HELP!!
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Yes, you could
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Yewniffler171:
Yes, you could
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I wouldn’t recommend 3rd lang for people who feel so-so about the new language. Unless you are very interested, most likely you’re going to drop out soon. My jap class used to have abt 20 ppl. Now only left with the mixed blooded half jap people and those really crazy about jap. Usually people drop out cuz it’s really hard to learn and you may be listening for the whole lesson but not understanding.
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Absolutely, Malay is a good 3rd Language to take. It is one of the easiest (hence, very manageable) and allows for 2 bonus points during the Os (provided you do sufficiently well).
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