Ds has to choose between German and Mandarin for GCSE. He has done a year of each and loves both, but it is clear to me that in a year he has learnt a lot more useable German than useable Mandarin. He is struggling to choose?I have no knowledge of Mandarin at all, and the level you are likely to reach. The school gets good results in each, so I think he?ll get a good grade whichever he chooses (provided he works). Has anyone got any experience of GCSE mandarin, is it useful or are you really just scraping the surface at GCSE? Would it be better doing German where you might get further in the language, or better taking the opportunity to do Mandarin as it would be easier to learn German independently later?
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