MFL ASA2

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MFL AS/A2

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So, youve already (cleverly) chosen to continue
with languages

• Or
• Youve chosen your main focus of study for sixth
  form, but you need another subject?
• Then you should be doing an AS Language at
  Nailsea
• Yes, really!

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Why do AS Languages .. ?

• An AS Language actively enhances any combination
  of AS subjects
• Youve a good grade at GCSE, why stop there?
• You dont need to start from scratch youll use
  and build upon what you already know
• Stand out from the crowd demand for Languages
  in the world of work is increasing whilst supply
  is decreasing

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Why Nailsea?

• Convenient and familiar
• Committed specialist teachers who have lived and
  worked in Target Language countries
• We know you well!
• Excellent teacher-student ratio
• Lots of individual support

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. and is it useful?

• Study abroad whatever you choose to do at
  university, with languages you can study abroad
  for 6 months to a year.
• Take a gap year. Use your languages to travel
  and earn at the same time.
• Itll get you a job statistics show that
  employers value the transferable skills developed
  through the study of a language and are willing
  to pay more to get them!

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in fact, can you risk not doing it?

• Unemployment rates among new UK graduates (2002)
• Medicine etc. 0.44
• Education 3.31
• Spanish 3.45
• Law 3.76
• French 4.35
• German 4.54
• English 6.57
• Business / Administration 6.76
• Biological Sciences 6.81
• Physical Sciences 6.96
• Engineering / Technology 7.56
• Computing 8.36
• Media Studies 9.76

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So, whats the difference between GCSE AS?

• GCSE is mostly about me. My family, my hobbies,
  my holidays, etc
• AS is about Society Me
• Relationships
• Film and music
• Controversial issues
• Front page news
• Travel
• Working/studying abroad

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Whats the difference between AS A2?

• A2 is about The Wider Society and looks at
  politics law-making, science technology, the
  media, environmental issues so on
• Your control of grammar will grow over the 2
  years and you will feel confident using the
  language you want to use in order to say what you
  want to say.

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So what happens after AS or A2?

• An AS does have a UCAS weighting and if you have
  one in a Language it genuinely opens doors for
  you.
• Jobs UK language students go on to do
• Business Services 26.9
• Banking / Finance 13.1
• Wholesale / Retail 11.8
• Manufacturing 10.1
• Public Administration 7.9
• Community / Social Services 7.7
• Education 6.5
• Transport / Communications 5.7
• Hotels Restaurants 3.7