Should I go for it?

[Dat1guy]

Hey guys, currently in year 9 and learning Japanese, and have grown fond of it, and am currently thinking of taking it as a SL for VCE

I only started this year though, and that is a problem for me, I am quite motivated to learn the language, but I'm not sure if they will accept me for the hours of class time I have before I choose my VCE

My previous school didn't have Japanese sadly, so that's a disappointment, I am an Otaku I guess, I don't take it as an insult or anything anymore l, pretty open about it.

So, should I take it as a LOTE? I am planning to study Japanese pretty seriously on that matter as I want to learn the language pretty badly.

I don't have any other language to go for VCE other than this anyways except English, I studied Turkish for 5 years but I was completely unmotivated so I already forgot about it in less than 3 weeks.

Please help

P.S currently mastered all hiragana and katakana including tenten, Mayu and combination sounds, learning basic phrases and words used in everyday life, been 5 weeks since I started, is this good or bad?

[Marmalade]

If you like the subject and have the dedication, definitely do it! Seriously, I stress the word dedication. I know a lot of people who started Japanese for fun only to drop it soon after.

You are learning Japanese in your school classes right? If you can keep up with them, I wouldn't see any reason why they wouldn't let you continue it in VCE despite how many hours you put into it. I only started learning Japanese at school in year 9 as well, while everyone else at my school had started since year 7. So, during the holidays and stuff, I studied super hard to try to catch up to them. Now I'm doing it in VCE and it's one of my favourite subjects

I'm not sure about your current progress because it's been so long since l started learning, but I wouldn't say it's particularly fast? It might be fine for before VCE level though if you continue learning like this consistently

[Dat1guy]

If you like the subject and have the dedication, definitely do it! Seriously, I stress the word dedication. I know a lot of people who started Japanese for fun only to drop it soon after.

You are learning Japanese in your school classes right? If you can keep up with them, I wouldn't see any reason why they wouldn't let you continue it in VCE despite how many hours you put into it. I only started learning Japanese at school in year 9 as well, while everyone else at my school had started since year 7. So, during the holidays and stuff, I studied super hard to try to catch up to them. Now I'm doing it in VCE and it's one of my favourite subjects

I'm not sure about your current progress because it's been so long since l started learning, but I wouldn't say it's particularly fast? It might be fine for before VCE level though if you continue learning like this consistently

Thank you

Yeah, not particularly fast,
The actual time spent on learning both is about 4 hours though, rest spent on revision and assignments for other subjects

Will probably go over most normal conversation phrases by 3 weeks, and hopefully move onto Kanji and their meanings and radicals in the holidays

P.S
How many kanji's should I have knowledge of, both writing and meaning wise before entering VCE?

[sarangiya]

Hey guys, currently in year 9 and learning Japanese, and have grown fond of it, and am currently thinking of taking it as a SL for VCE

I only started this year though, and that is a problem for me, I am quite motivated to learn the language, but I'm not sure if they will accept me for the hours of class time I have before I choose my VCE

My previous school didn't have Japanese sadly, so that's a disappointment, I am an Otaku I guess, I don't take it as an insult or anything anymore l, pretty open about it.

So, should I take it as a LOTE? I am planning to study Japanese pretty seriously on that matter as I want to learn the language pretty badly.

I don't have any other language to go for VCE other than this anyways except English, I studied Turkish for 5 years but I was completely unmotivated so I already forgot about it in less than 3 weeks.

Please help

P.S currently mastered all hiragana and katakana including tenten, Mayu and combination sounds, learning basic phrases and words used in everyday life, been 5 weeks since I started, is this good or bad?

Go for it.
I'm usually the kind of person who *cough*dislikes*cough* 'otaku' for various reasons, but you know what, it will most likely help your Japanese improve at least 3 times faster than the kids just doing classes. Use your fondness of anime etc. to your advantage and for sure do it.

(...maru*  )

[Dat1guy]

Go for it.
I'm usually the kind of person who *cough*dislikes*cough* 'otaku' for various reasons, but you know what, it will most likely help your Japanese improve at least 3 times faster than the kids just doing classes. Use your fondness of anime etc. to your advantage and for sure do it.

(...maru*  )

Thank you! Most definitely will