Native speaking A Level

Right now I'm doing Politics, Mathematics and Geography and have realised I don't enjoy geography as much as I did in GCSE. I grew up in a french household and can speak it moderately well. Do Universities care if I do a A Level language in my "native language" and if so will that deduct any UCAS points?

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Reply 1

klnlljkklhklll

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Original post by minstrels.

Right now I'm doing Politics, Mathematics and Geography and have realised I don't enjoy geography as much as I did in GCSE. I grew up in a french household and can speak it moderately well. Do Universities care if I do a A Level language in my "native language" and if so will that deduct any UCAS points?

did u end up doing french? x im in a similar situation but for spanish

Reply 2

YOLOright

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how will they know it's your near native language?

Reply 3

minstrels.

OP

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Original post by klnlljkklhklll

did u end up doing french? x im in a similar situation but for spanish

Hi, I'm so sorry for the late reply but it absolutely doesn't matter with some unis. Its an A level nonetheless, however i would just be careful and look at different unis perspective on it. I know for LSE it says they'll view your application as less competitive if: you lived there, had an education using that language or speak it in family ( guessing this means your whole family comes from the motherland). However, if none of these apply then I'm sure you'll be fine :smile:

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xdr08

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Original post by klnlljkklhklll

did u end up doing french? x im in a similar situation but for spanish

Wouldn't you say it's a little unfair for those with no previous experience (besides GCSE) in a language for someone who has a natural advantage to take the A-level? It just ends up increasing the grade boundaries, and by extension, the difficulty of the subject for people studying an A-level language with no advantage from heritage, family members speaking it, etc.

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klnlljkklhklll

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Original post by xdr08

Wouldn't you say it's a little unfair for those with no previous experience (besides GCSE) in a language for someone who has a natural advantage to take the A-level? It just ends up increasing the grade boundaries, and by extension, the difficulty of the subject for people studying an A-level language with no advantage from heritage, family members speaking it, etc.

no it's not unfair. if u check the statistics, very little native ppl acc do it and therefore it doesn't affect grade boundaries.

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