French AS Edexcel results

My whole French class got much lower results than we were expecting, which was a nasty shock. Was this the same for everyone else? And what AS and A2 results did people get who wanted to study foreign languages?

Thanks

My whole French class got much lower results than we were expecting, which was a nasty shock. Was this the same for everyone else? And what AS and A2 results did people get who wanted to study foreign languages?

My whole French class got much lower results than we were expecting, which was a nasty shock. Was this the same for everyone else? And what AS and A2 results did people get who wanted to study foreign languages?

Hi,

I'm sorry to hear about the results in your class! Are you going to request remarks? By 'much lower', what do you mean? I just got my A2 results last week and I am bitterly disappointed - I have been denied the A* by 7 marks. I have my script back and their marking is absolutely horrific.

I did French and German on Edexcel, both at A2 level. I will be studying languages at uni. These are my results:
AS German - B (159 UMS)
A2 German - A* (190 UMS)

AS French - A (196 UMS)
A2 French - A (169 UMS)


Looking at my German grade, if your French wasn't what you were expecting then don't give up hope! As long as you have a B grade or a high C then I wouldn't suggest it would be worth retaking anything.

I hope you get the results you deserve!

I do AQA German, and I think generally most people got what they were predicted/got below what they predicted. I don't think anyone was overly impressed by their results :/ But just bear in mind tat a lot of people do retake their AS languages exams in year 13 and do much better; at my school last year there were five year 13s doing German, of which three retook the speaking exam and four retook the listening/reading/writing. I think it's just because the jump from GCSE to A-level I so massive, especially in terms of the high levels of debating and spontaneity required. Don't worry about it, I think it's a pretty common thing, and universities will realise that and they know that A-level languages are very hard! Don't let it get you down because it happens to many many languages students, who find their A* in a GCSE language is nothing in terms of the crazy difficulties of A-level languages!

I just got my AS results, and my lowest grade was French. No one was expecting it (I did AS Maths, that should have been the lowest!!) and we've decided I'm going to retake Unit 1.
The grade boundaries did seen strict, and I remember saying that the paper was difficult.
I did French and Spanish AS, which are the 2 I want to do at uni. The main thing is that we can change these first grades- it doesn't mean we are going to get that mark next year! Apart from that, there's not really much else to do...
Best of luck!

Yeah, my friend got a D in Maths which is her worst subject and a D in French which is one of her best! I think it shook my confidence a bit tbh, as it's my best subject and my teacher didn't know why we hadn't done as well and neither did we. Fingers crossed for next year!