skag13 Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Hey !Facts:Norwegian is my mother tongue. I've spent 5 years at an international school where all subjects are taught in English. I started learning English at the age of 6.These are the subjects I'll most likely choose:Maths HLEconomics HLChemistry HLEnglish A1/A2 SLSpanish B SLPhysics / Norwegian SL.The dilemma is: I really want to study physics, but if I do - I'll either have to choose English A1 or drop the Spanish. Spanish is very important to me, so that is not really an option. Is there a gigantic difference between English A1 and A2 ? Will I be able to cope if I study hard and do my best to become fluent?I really like physics and I'm not going to have any use for Norwegian.I want to study International Business in the UK or US, and Norwegian isn't going to help me very much - is it?So, what do you think? English A1 or A2?Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bLub Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Ok, A1 = literature pure!!! A2 = quite a lot of literature and bits of languageWell, if you chose English A2 you'd obviously have to do Norwegian A1. Just depends in which language you feel more comfortable with (speaking about literature, literary terms etc...). And (taking your text above into account) I guess Norwegian would be the better choice. I think the IB supports that students study their MOTHER TONGUE for A1 - since that's what that subject is for. And English clearly is not your mother tongue, so if I were you I wouldn't go for it. Don't neglect your roots - be proud of speaking(+being) norwegian! It's always a pro to speak foreign languages. And if you went to the US, it would be nice to have it written on your diploma, wouldn't it!? If you want to do business, you won't need physics, will you? And if you prefer physics to chemistry, just do physics instead of it...hope that helps... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishup Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 If you want to study international business I'd say do Norwegian A1, English A2 and Spanish B and not Physics. If Spanish is so important to you why don't you do it at Higher level think about that. If you want to keep Physics, just don't do Chemistry. So do Norwegian, English, Spanish, Math, Physics and Economics. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocking bych Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 i would suggest u to do english as a2 language cozz as english is quite simple and much easier then a1 english..!! but still i wuld advise u to check oout the syllabus...!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeciliaL Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hey !Facts:Norwegian is my mother tongue. I've spent 5 years at an international school where all subjects are taught in English. I started learning English at the age of 6.These are the subjects I'll most likely choose:Maths HLEconomics HLChemistry HLEnglish A1/A2 SLSpanish B SLPhysics / Norwegian SL.The dilemma is: I really want to study physics, but if I do - I'll either have to choose English A1 or drop the Spanish. Spanish is very important to me, so that is not really an option. Is there a gigantic difference between English A1 and A2 ? Will I be able to cope if I study hard and do my best to become fluent?I really like physics and I'm not going to have any use for Norwegian.I want to study International Business in the UK or US, and Norwegian isn't going to help me very much - is it?So, what do you think? English A1 or A2?Thanks I'd say definately go for English A2. English A1 is quite demanding, especially for a non-native speaker. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaDoan Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Hey,I am sorry for interrupting your topic, skag13.Can I just ask, if doing Norwegian A1 means you have to self-taught. Would it worth choosing it ?!?I mean like if I choose Norwegian A1 - SL means I can take English A2 - HL.Will it be better than choosing English SL and studying an ab initio (totally new language)?P.S I am not native English speaker. In this case, I am native Norwegian ^^! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 As mentioned English A1 is quite demanding, so unless you are very confident in your literary analysis abilities in English or do not care about getting a very good grade Norwegian A1 would probably be a better choice. That being said, studying a self-taught language does require a lot of self-discipline and individual study and it is much harder to get everything done well early enough.So, depends on how good you are in individual study, as well as how good you are at literary analysis in English. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sngeesing Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 I would say that the main difference lies in the amount of literature one will have to study.In both A1 and A2 one can expect the same degree of fluency and ability when it comes to both reading and writing Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 These are the subjects I'll most likely choose:Maths HLEconomics HLChemistry HLEnglish A1/A2 SLSpanish B SLPhysics / Norwegian SL.I would suggestEnglish A2 SLSpanish B SLNorwegian A1 SLIf you really want physics maybe you could do:English A1 SLSpanish B SLPhysics SLThere are a lot of students whose first language is not English, but they still do English A1. My friends speaks Hebrew, and in 9th grade she didn't know any English, now she is taking English A1 perfectly... Weigh your abilities... but honestly, I would go with A2 English Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuet Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Don't do English A1 unless you're confident enough with your literary analysis skills. It's only demanding from that perspective, and it's quite a significant perspective at that. Otherwise, English A1 is pretty fun if you enjoy languages.If you're planning on taking a science-based major, or something that involves a lot of practical work, your best option is:Norwegian A1 HLEnglish A2 SLEconomics HLChemistry HLPhysics SLMath HLIf you're doing something similar to business, which requires more study than practical work, then:English A1 SLNorwegian A2 HLEconomics HLEither Chem HL or Physics SLSpanish B HL/SL depending on which science you chooseMath HLAnd don't forget-- there's always the option of further studying Spanish outside of school, and it would count as CAS. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafleur Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hey !Facts:Norwegian is my mother tongue. I've spent 5 years at an international school where all subjects are taught in English. I started learning English at the age of 6.These are the subjects I'll most likely choose:Maths HLEconomics HLChemistry HLEnglish A1/A2 SLSpanish B SLPhysics / Norwegian SL.The dilemma is: I really want to study physics, but if I do - I'll either have to choose English A1 or drop the Spanish. Spanish is very important to me, so that is not really an option. Is there a gigantic difference between English A1 and A2 ? Will I be able to cope if I study hard and do my best to become fluent?I really like physics and I'm not going to have any use for Norwegian.I want to study International Business in the UK or US, and Norwegian isn't going to help me very much - is it?So, what do you think? English A1 or A2?Thanks Hello!! My suggestion for you is to take Norwegian A1 and English A2! Spanish you could always learn during a summer course or just over the the years.I have been taking English A2 HL and Dutch A1 SL and I am still glad that I made that decision two years ago Hope this helps! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrypton Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Yes there is a significant difference between English A1 and A2. Also, English A1 is considered to be one of the hardest subjects in that very few people achieve a 7. I have attended both English and Norwegian A1 classes and I can tell you that Norwegian is easier to score higher in, even though technically neither of them are my native tongue.But since you say that you've been fluent in English for a long time, it probably isn't a problem, and then you can take Spanish B. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria-Annette Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 I would go for the English A2 if I were you! Norwegian is your mother tongue so it is logical to do that one with A1... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 English A2 will suit you better. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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