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A level choices - 2023

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Blubell46 · 26/08/2023 05:45

Morning,

Dd has finally completed her GCSEs and she has just chosen her A levels. She is doing Maths, Economics and Spanish!

My ds has just completed his A levels which were Maths, Biology and Chemistry.

Our family background is sciences so I have no clue about Spanish and Economics.

Please can you advise on any tips for when she starts?

She is a child who does well in studying last minute and I have told her this can not happen at A levels, so trying to give her a few ideas to ponder over...

Thank you

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clary · 26/08/2023 08:16

Hi op I’m an MFL specialist so it’s great that she has chosen MFL.

What was her GCSE grade? If she got 7+ then she should be off to a good start in terms of grammar and vocab.

She’ll study a film and a book, so one thing to do might be to look at the spec and watch some of the films on there.

She could also usefully go over some grammar and vocab such as verbs.

She’ll need to do a research project on a topic related to Spain or Spanish (my dd did Les Mis for French, a student once did a German football team, so it can be quite wide ranging) - this won’t be for a while but it’s also worth having a think about. Hth