GCSE Core Cymraeg
Mae disgrifiadau'r TGAU yn Saesneg yn unig, gan eu bod wedi eu cymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
GCSE Core Cymraeg is almost entirely a literacy qualification in a second language. Half the marks come from spontaneous paired or group discussion after listening to a video or reading a source sheet, and the other half from reading, writing, translation and translanguaging exams taken with no dictionary. Numeracy is limited to reading and talking about graphs, charts and statistics in Cymraeg, so the single biggest thing Key Stage 3 should build is pupils' confidence to speak spontaneously in Cymraeg, giving and justifying opinions in several tenses without notes.
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2025
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Uchel
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor manyleb CBAC (PDF)
Sut mae'r TGAU hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Responding to a Visual Stimulus: Non-examination assessment, pair (6 to 8 minutes) or group of three (8 to 10 minutes) after 10 minutes preparation, 25%, 50 marks (Listening 15%, Speaking 10%), marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
- Unit 2: Responding to Various Sources: Non-examination assessment, pair (6 to 8 minutes) or group of three (8 to 10 minutes) after 10 minutes preparation, 25%, 50 marks (Speaking 20%, Listening 5%), marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
- Unit 3: Preparing for the Future: Written examination 1 hour 30 minutes, 25%, 100 marks
- Unit 4: Literature and Creative: Written examination 1 hour 30 minutes, 25%, 100 marks
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Gofyn cwestiynau
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Spontaneous discussion, asking and answering questions and justifying opinions
Units 1 and 2 assess unscripted paired or group discussion in which learners convey information, ask and answer questions, and express and justify opinions using a variety of sentence patterns, verb tenses and an appropriate register. Speaking is worth 30% of the qualification across the two units.
Llythrennedd: Gofyn cwestiynau, Siarad cydweithredol, Eglurder a geirfa
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- In pairs, pupils ask and answer three questions about their family and hobbies in Cymraeg, adding a reason with 'achos' or 'oherwydd' to each answer.
- Blwyddyn 8
- In threes, pupils hold a three-minute discussion on school uniform, each asking one follow-up question and giving an opinion with a reason in two different tenses.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils hold a recorded six-minute group discussion on a picture about life in the Cynon Valley, then listen back and count the questions, opinions and verb tenses each person used.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, Section 1.1.2 Speaking, page 12; Unit 2, Section 2.1.1 Speaking, page 14
“Learners should be able to communicate and interact spontaneously, clearly and effectively for different purposes, including conveying information and asking and answering questions.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu gofyn ac ateb cwestiynau, gan adeiladu ar syniadau pobl eraill mewn trafodaethau grŵp a'u datblygu.
Rwy'n gallu cyfrannu at drafodaeth grŵp mewn rolau gwahanol, gan gymryd cyfrifoldeb am gwblhau'r dasg yn dda.
Rwy’n gallu gwneud dewisiadau priodol am eirfa, iaith idiomatig a chystrawen er mwyn mynegi fy hun yn rhugl ac yn eglur.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu cynnal safbwynt argyhoeddiadol, gan ragweld safbwyntiau eraill ac ymateb iddyn nhw.
Rwy'n gallu ymgymryd ag ystod o gyfrifoldebau i strwythuro a datblygu siarad mewn grŵp, gan gynnwys mewn sefyllfaoedd mwy ffurfiol.
Rwy’n gallu gwneud dewisiadau gwybodus am eirfa, iaith idiomatig a chystrawen er mwyn mynegi fy hun yn rhugl, yn gywir ac yn eglur.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu ymateb yn hyderus i'r ffordd y mae gwrandawyr yn ymateb, gan addasu fy iaith mewn amrywiaeth eang o gyd-destunau ac at ddibenion gwahanol.
Rwy'n gallu ymateb i safbwyntiau pobl eraill, gan ddefnyddio ystod o dechnegau, e.e. cwestiynau rhethregol, ystumiau.
Rwy'n gallu siarad yn rhugl ac yn hyderus, gan ddefnyddio ystod o dechnegau, edrychiadau ac ystumiau.
Da gwybod
- Units 1 and 2: 'The use of dictionaries or any other resource is not permitted during the preparation.' (page 5). Preparation lasts 10 minutes.
- Units 3 and 4: 'Learners are not permitted to use dictionaries or any other resources in any part of the assessment.' (page 6).
- Unit 1: learners complete a sheet while watching the clip and may use notes made in preparation, but the sheet 'will not be assessed because there are only marks for listening and speaking in this unit.' (page 24).
- Unit 2: 'Candidates can make notes and discuss with a partner/group of three during the 10 minutes preparation time.' (page 24).
- Accuracy: AO2, 'Expression and communication', is 50% of the qualification and includes 'accurate grammar and, in written communication, accurate punctuation and spelling' (page 23). There is no separate SPaG mark.
- Speaking and listening NEA is 50% of the qualification, and 'All non-examination assessments must take place during the final year of the course.' (pages 5 and 6).
- Unit 4: 'One set text will be assessed each series.' The text is announced in the first week of March of the exam year (pages 6 and 19).
- The specification makes no reference to calculators.
Cysylltiadau â TGAU eraill
Appendix B maps the statistics numeracy strand to Units 1, 2 and 3, so other departments can support Core Cymraeg by labelling simple charts and data displays with Cymraeg numbers and phrases.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE Core Cymraeg specification, Version 3, September 2026, teaching from 2025, for award from 2027.