GCSE French
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
GCSE French is almost entirely a literacy qualification: learners listen to and read French, answer in English or Welsh, translate into English or Welsh, write in French about a studied work and to a stimulus, and speak for 7 to 10 minutes, with 20.5% of marks for grammar, vocabulary and sound-spelling accuracy and no dictionary in any unit. Numeracy is light and incidental: numbers 1 to 100, simple fractions, the 12 and 24 hour clock, dates, and graphs among the reading texts. The biggest thing Key Stage 3 should build is secure, dictionary-free recall of core vocabulary and grammar, used every week in short translations and independent writing and speaking.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Level 1 and Level 2
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2025
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Uchel
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Oracy: Non-examination assessment, speaking test 7 to 10 minutes plus 10 minutes preparation, 60 marks, 30%
- Unit 2: Reading and Writing: Non-examination assessment 1 hour, 45 marks, 15%
- Unit 3: Listening: Written examination 45 minutes including 5 minutes reading time, 45 marks, 20%
- Unit 4: Reading and Writing: Written examination 1 hour 30 minutes, 70 marks, 35%
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Gofyn cwestiynau
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Read aloud, role play and unprepared conversation
The Unit 1 oracy NEA (30%) is a 7 to 10 minute test: a read aloud and role play, a presentation and discussion, and a conversation. Learners respond in settings such as stations, shops and cafés, ask and answer questions, complain, report problems and give reasons, with generally accurate pronunciation and intonation.
Llythrennedd: Eglurder a geirfa, Gofyn cwestiynau, Diben, Siarad cydweithredol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils act out a café role play in pairs from a prompt card, ordering food and drink in French and asking one question of their own.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils perform a train station role play in French in which they buy a ticket and report a problem, swapping cards each round so they cannot learn a script.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils hold a two-minute unprepared French conversation with the teacher about school and free time, answering each follow-up question with a reason.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Section 3.2, Unit 1 Oracy, page 22
“The assessment will consist of three tasks: a read aloud and role play, a presentation and discussion, and a conversation.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy’n gallu gwneud dewisiadau priodol am eirfa, iaith idiomatig a chystrawen er mwyn mynegi fy hun yn rhugl ac yn eglur.
Rwy'n gallu gofyn ac ateb cwestiynau, gan adeiladu ar syniadau pobl eraill mewn trafodaethau grŵp a'u datblygu.
Rwy'n gallu rhannu, siarad ac ysgrifennu am fy meddyliau, fy nheimladau a fy marn gan ddefnyddio ystod o dechnegau i ddangos effaith.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy’n gallu siarad yn glir, gan ddewis ac addasu fy iaith yn briodol ar gyfer ystod o gynulleidfaoedd a dibenion, a chan gyfleu ystyr yn effeithiol i’r gynulleidfa.
Rwy’n gallu gwneud dewisiadau gwybodus am eirfa, iaith idiomatig a chystrawen er mwyn mynegi fy hun yn rhugl, yn gywir ac yn eglur.
Rwyf wedi cael profiad o siarad â gwahanol bobl mewn amrywiaeth o gyd-destunau dilys.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu siarad yn rhugl ac yn hyderus, gan ddefnyddio ystod o dechnegau, edrychiadau ac ystumiau.
Rwy'n gallu siarad o safbwyntiau argyhoeddiadol amrywiol er mwyn bodloni gofynion gwahanol sefyllfaoedd, cyd-destunau a dibenion.
Rwy'n gallu rhannu, siarad ac ysgrifennu am fy meddyliau, fy nheimladau a fy marn mewn cyd-destunau cynyddol heriol a dadleuol.
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Planning, redrafting and delivering a presentation
Learners prepare a presentation in French on their own interest in advance, then take part in an unprepared discussion about it. Only their own notes are allowed in the room, so they must plan, redraft and reduce their talk to brief notes.
Llythrennedd: Cynllunio a threfnu ar gyfer gwahanol ddibenion, cynulleidfaoedd a chyd-destunau, Prawfddarllen, golygu a gwella, Diben, Gofyn cwestiynau, Eglurder a geirfa
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils plan a 30-second French talk about a hobby on a cue card of five key words, then give it from the card rather than a script.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils draft a one-minute French presentation on a favourite film or sport, redraft it after peer feedback on tenses and opinions, and predict three questions they might be asked.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils prepare a French presentation on a personal interest, cut it down to brief notes, deliver it, and then answer two unprepared follow-up questions in French.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1 Oracy, Areas of content, page 13
“give a presentation, prepared in advance, based on their own interest and take part in a short unprepared discussion relating to the presentation”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu ystyried ffyrdd gwahanol o gynllunio, drafftio a chyflwyno fy ngwaith yn briodol.
Rwy’n gallu myfyrio ar safon fy mynegiant, ei olygu a'i ailddrafftio i wella'r ansawdd, a defnyddio ystod o strategaethau i sicrhau mwy o eglurder.
Rwy'n gallu trefnu sgwrs fel y gall gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd mewn gwahanol gyd-destunau ddilyn yr hyn sy'n cael ei ddweud, gan gynnwys defnyddio iaith ffurfiol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy’n gallu dewis a defnyddio strategaethau priodol er mwyn cynllunio a datblygu fy ngwaith ysgrifennu at wahanol ddibenion ac ar gyfer gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd.
Rwy'n gallu gwella gwaith ysgrifennu drwy adolygu annibynnol ac ailddrafftio.
Rwy'n gallu cynnal safbwynt argyhoeddiadol, gan ragweld safbwyntiau eraill ac ymateb iddyn nhw.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu cyflwyno syniadau a materion er mwyn bodloni gofynion gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd.
Rwy'n gallu dewis a defnyddio strategaethau priodol i gynllunio a datblygu fy ngwaith ysgrifennu ar gyfer amrywiaeth heriol o wahanol ddibenion a chynulleidfaoedd.
Rwy'n gallu gwella cynnwys, strwythur a chywirdeb fy ngwaith ysgrifennu drwy fyfyrio'n feirniadol, adolygu a golygu, gan ymateb yn adeiladol i adborth.
Da gwybod
- Dictionaries are banned in every unit: "Learners are not permitted to use a dictionary in any part of the assessment." (Summary of assessment, page 5).
- Unit 1 oracy allows only the learner's own notes: "or any other reference materials excluding the learner's own notes." (Section 3.2, Unit 1, page 21). Presentation preparation is time-limited: "The preparation period for the presentation may begin two weeks prior to the first timetabled assessment." (page 22).
- Unit 2 reading and writing NEA allows no reference materials at all: "Learners are not permitted to use dictionaries in any part of the assessment, or any other reference materials." (Section 3.2, Unit 2, page 22).
- Accuracy of language is assessed directly through AO3, "Demonstrate knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and sound-spelling correspondence.", weighted 8% in Unit 1, 5% in Unit 2 and 7.5% in Unit 4, 20.5% overall (Section 3.1, page 21). There is no separate SPaG mark for English or Welsh answers.
- Productive vocabulary is tied to the Appendix B lists: "Equal but no additional credit will be given for learners who use vocabulary outside the specified list in productive tasks." (Section 2, page 10).
- Unit 3 and Unit 4 questions are answered in English or Welsh, so learners' English or Welsh must be clear enough to show understanding: "respond to a range of questions in Cymraeg/English." (Unit 3, page 17).
- Unit 3 includes reading time before listening: "Written examination: 45 minutes (including 5 minutes' reading time)" (Unit 3, page 16).
- Number knowledge is limited to a stated range: learners "are expected to know the numbers" 1 to 100 (Appendix B, Numbers, page 40). The spec sets no calculation, mentions no calculator, and states no word limits for the writing tasks or whether responses are handwritten or typed.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
WJEC's Appendix C ticks literacy listening for Units 1 and 3, reading and writing for Units 2 and 4, and speaking for Unit 1 (page 94), and ticks only the number system strand of numeracy, for all four units (page 95).
Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE French specification, Teaching from 2025, For award from 2027, Version 3, June 2026.