What A Level with English Language and History?

What does she hate about Spanish? Could you send her abroad for some language courses to help with getting better at Spanish? Seems like a natural one to take with the other two. I hated French GCSE but at A level it got better, I had a much better teacher.

Also, think of trips to Spain, to S America, Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico.... all the incredible things you could do with that language...

English Lit would be v useful if she went on to do History at university, and also if she chose to do a linguistics degree. If she’s finding it dry then it’s not being taught properly…

Yh I wouldn't do lit/Lang for sure. I agree with others tho, Eng lit much better for English at uni.

Research it a bit and you'll see what we mean. Tho if she is not a fan of analysing a set text then Eng lit A level and degree are probably not for her.

She will need English Lit or at least English Lang & Lit to have a chance of studying English at University.
I'd recommend Philosophy & Ethics with History, English Lit or Lang & Lit. Still sort of RS so if she's good at that she should find it still accessible but also much more captivating.

Not quite the question you asked, but is your daughter sure she wants to opt for English Language as opposed to Literature or Lit/Lang? The other two are likely to be a bit better regarded for university entry if she's considering English.

Many years ago my husband, sister and I all took English and history A levels (though we all did English Literature). Our third subjects were RS, politics and music. All worked very well in combination with English and history.

From the subjects you've mentioned, I think RS or drama would work well. My daughter did drama A level. She wasn't one of the strongest performers but did ok on the written exam and ended up with an A. Alternatively, psychology might work well if your daughter is thinking of teaching. My daughter did that too. She is not good at maths but was fine with the statistics needed.

This is 20+ years ago, but I did Eng Lang and Lit combined, Sociology and French and I wished I did an art subject. I found the French very hard compared to GCSE, and having two essay subjects plus something I struggled with was tough. I was desperate to do Art or Photography like a lot of my friends, just to get a mental break from essays. If she loves Art I might steer her towards that, though I agree it does take up a lot of time.

If she's considering Sociology I do think it's an interesting subject, and I've actually found what I learned in that more relevant to adult life than either of the others. Definitely no need for maths, I barely scraped my C at GCSE!

Art shouldn't be a time killer...as long as you know how to use the mark scheme to your advantage. It's an easy subject in which a good grade can usually be guaranteed, and it also means less written exams in the summer.

That's what my DS will be doing English Literature, History and politics or sociology. He was interested in psychology but it is quite sciency and I'm not sure he'll get a high enough grade in biology.

Law is interesting but most students who do law at University don't have A level law. Although it's a good option I think.

Duh, sorry it is a Classical History A level. No idea why I writes GCSE.

It’s good grounding if she’s thinking an archaeology degree might be a possibility.

There is a Classical Civilisation GCSE which is basically ancient history of Romans and Greeks. Your DD could look into that one if she is leaning towards a history degree.

For what it’s worth, I thought Politics was great at A Level (better than Sociology). But pretty hard so if she’s not into it she might not stick at it.

My child wasn’t brilliant at maths but managed an A in Psychology and really enjoyed it.

Film studies? Or Theatre Studies?

She might well find English lit a lot less dry at A level than at GCSE. If she hates reading and dislikes it because it centres on texts then no, but if it's the formulaic exam responses she dislikes then she might well find A level a lot more stimulating as there is greater emphasis on discussion of different interpretations of texts and a wider variety of texts are studied. Language is completely different from GCSE language - they look at child language acquisition, the history of the English language and language and identity (how language use is affected by gender, age, sexuality etc). Of course there is the usual text analysis as well but I wouldn't call it dry, biased as I am .

Does the school offer Philosophy & Ethics at A-level?

Re Psychology, there's some, but not all that much in the way of maths or science - you don't have to be a whizz at either.

Psychology maths is statistics so she may want to look into it before committing. In fact Politics, Sociology and other social sciences also cover it.

As I understand it, Sociology is much less sciency than Psychology BTW.

DD1 has really enjoyed the combination of English, History and Sociology. All very complementary subjects, and Sociology is a bit less essay-based than the other two.

My understanding is that psychology and sociology are certainly not out of the question for someone who isn't so strong on science/ maths, and her strengths that you mentioned would be a real plus.

RS or Politics. Drama is difficult to achieve top grades and is dependant on others in the group.