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Im thinking of taking AS German language since its a requirement to take an AS Language with my 3 A levels and i wanted to know if anyone did it before!!
What if i take 2 years studying the subject? Like ill be doing my a levels in 2022 so I'll have 2 whole years and i think ill get a private tutor
What if i take 2 years studying the subject? Like ill be doing my a levels in 2022 so I'll have 2 whole years and i think ill get a private tutor
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Why do you have to do a language at AS? Will let even let you start it if you can't prove a reasonable level of competency before hand? Unless everyone else is also a beginner I think this would be completely impossible.
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(Original post by Compost)
Why do you have to do a language at AS? Will let even let you start it if you can't prove a reasonable level of competency before hand? Unless everyone else is also a beginner I think this would be completely impossible.
Why do you have to do a language at AS? Will let even let you start it if you can't prove a reasonable level of competency before hand? Unless everyone else is also a beginner I think this would be completely impossible.
I've already started german courses but not a specific board but more for the language because i need to be at least level B1 to travel to Germany.
My teacher said that i could reach B1 in a year but im not sure that would be enough to do the AS
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(Original post by iamjoecll)
I want to study medicine in Germany and their requirements are 3 ALs (im doing bio chem and math) AND any AS Language
I've already started german courses but not a specific board but more for the language because i need to be at least level B1 to travel to Germany.
My teacher said that i could reach B1 in a year but im not sure that would be enough to do the AS
I want to study medicine in Germany and their requirements are 3 ALs (im doing bio chem and math) AND any AS Language
I've already started german courses but not a specific board but more for the language because i need to be at least level B1 to travel to Germany.
My teacher said that i could reach B1 in a year but im not sure that would be enough to do the AS
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(Original post by xx_clove)
What? How on earth would you even be able to do that?
What? How on earth would you even be able to do that?
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(Original post by _gcx)
To be fair - my school allowed you to take A-level German at a partner school despite not having offered GCSE German. And people came in doing A-level Spanish not having done GCSE Spanish. Can't really comment on how easy or hard it is though since I didn't do it myself.
To be fair - my school allowed you to take A-level German at a partner school despite not having offered GCSE German. And people came in doing A-level Spanish not having done GCSE Spanish. Can't really comment on how easy or hard it is though since I didn't do it myself.
I only need a pass (C) for the unis requirements
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I did AS Spanish with no prior knowledge of the language or even French (having a closely related language is often useful if studying from scratch). I got a C (2 UMS off a B 
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I did German at A2 with the full GCSE. If you have the language learning ability and work intensively, a C might be doable. But it will definitely not be a walk in the park.
)I did German at A2 with the full GCSE. If you have the language learning ability and work intensively, a C might be doable. But it will definitely not be a walk in the park.
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(Original post by iamjoecll)
Do you how well they did?
I only need a pass (C) for the unis requirements
Do you how well they did?
I only need a pass (C) for the unis requirements
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(Original post by iamjoecll)
Im thinking of taking AS German language since its a requirement to take an AS Language with my 3 A levels and i wanted to know if anyone did it before!!
What if i take 2 years studying the subject? Like ill be doing my a levels in 2022 so I'll have 2 whole years and i think ill get a private tutor
Im thinking of taking AS German language since its a requirement to take an AS Language with my 3 A levels and i wanted to know if anyone did it before!!
What if i take 2 years studying the subject? Like ill be doing my a levels in 2022 so I'll have 2 whole years and i think ill get a private tutor
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(Original post by hannychica)
I did AS Spanish with no prior knowledge of the language or even French (having a closely related language is often useful if studying from scratch). I got a C (2 UMS off a B)
I did German at A2 with the full GCSE. If you have the language learning ability and work intensively, a C might be doable. But it will definitely not be a walk in the park.
I did AS Spanish with no prior knowledge of the language or even French (having a closely related language is often useful if studying from scratch). I got a C (2 UMS off a B
)I did German at A2 with the full GCSE. If you have the language learning ability and work intensively, a C might be doable. But it will definitely not be a walk in the park.
I wanted to take Arabic AS since arabic is my first language however sadly it isn't accepted
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Hey, I did german AS without any prior knowledge and yes it's possible. I achieved B1+ in 15 months. Btw, I took Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and German, hope that helps you to gauge the possibility of doing German AS.
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