Dear Chunlian,

Not only does Edexcel offer A level Chinese, other exam boards including AQA and CIE all offer A level Chinese exams.  Each board has clearly stated the requirements in their published specifications, and from what I read, none of them are designed to disadvantage non native Chinese speakers.  I don't know where your impression  of "A level NEW Chinese seems only accesible for native students or any non-native who have been living in the target language country for many years" is from, as for what I know, if you are a centre outside the UK, A level is a common choice of exam to go forward beyond i/GCSE - you can't take CIE Pre U (Please correct me if this is not true) or unless you are an IB school, etc.  

Therefore, it will be useful if you could do your research across different examboards and make a decision on which A level will be the best for your students and prepare them according to the requirements, rather than jumping into a biased conclusion.  

With kind regards,

Vivien Zhang

On Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 16:36, Chunliangreenfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Are there any teachers in this forum having non - native students who are doing Chinese A level (New)?

Would you recommend A level to non native students who has achieved Mandarin GCSE A*?  My impression is that A level NEW Chinese seems only accesible for native students or any non-native who have been living in the target language country for many years. 

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