Do candidates need to have English as a first language to be able to study Thinking Skills?

The level of language used is similar to that of other AS and A Level courses offered by us. Every effort is made to simplify the language where possible. Candidates will need to be able to understand fairly lengthy pieces of text in some parts of the examination, particularly in the Applied Reasoning paper at A Level. Their understanding will need to be sufficiently good to identify and understand the meaning, relevance, significance, and function of the text as a whole or in part. In assessing argument, the language has to be precise. In this context an argument is ‘a number of reasons put forward as grounds for a conclusion.’ Therefore, candidates must have sufficiently good understanding of English to be able to identify and draw conclusions, as well as being able to identify flaws and assumptions in arguments. They also need to be able to clearly grasp the underlying logical structure in Problem Solving questions.