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DD wants to do languages but we worry

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Homerenovation · 03/07/2023 02:26

My daughter wants to go to university and she is taking French, Maths and Psych A-levels. She just got a B in French in recent year 12 exams (following a grade 9 at GCSE) and she says she wants to study languages at Uni (the school will predict an A in French). However she got AA in Maths and Psychology exams (and will be predicted A stars in those two). I am worried that she is focusing in on her weakest subject (French) and it is not vocational either. Also We have been told that modern languages degrees are full of native speakers and that the year abroad is now so difficult and expensive if you don’t have an EU passport. I would like DD to take a year out to rethink languages and explore Maths/Psych/STEM but would like advice please

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enchantedsquirrelwood · 15/08/2023 13:40

Tittie · 11/07/2023 20:16

MFL graduates are sought after. And most people go into a career completely unrelated to their degrees! I studied a modern language and the year abroad (many moons ago) was one of the best years of my life. So much fun if you can make it work financially (I went well before Brexit when they offered grants).

There are also plenty of flexible Combined or joint honours degrees where you can pick and choose subjects from a big list. Newcastle and Durham offer them, probably others too, and the one at Exeter would allow her to do French with Maths www.exeter.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/flexible/exeter/

Totally agree, and a language is also a skill for life.

I can't remember what I learnt for my A levels, it went in and then out the other ear as soon as I had done my exams. But my degree language has stayed and I can still use it now.

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