GCSE Core Cymraeg
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd 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.
- 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: 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 Dehongli data
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Reading and discussing graphs, charts and statistics in Cymraeg
Unit 2 stimulus sheets may include a graph or chart, facts and statistics that learners must interpret and discuss, and Unit 3 reading includes non-continuous texts such as tables and graphs. Appendix A also expects numerals, ordinals, time and dates in Cymraeg.
Rhifedd: Dehongli data
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils read a bar chart of the class's favourite sports and say in Cymraeg, using Cymraeg numbers, which is most and least popular.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils read a simple pie chart about how young people in Wales spend their free time and describe it in Cymraeg using phrases such as 'mwy na hanner'.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils discuss a chart of the percentage of Welsh speakers in different counties, including Rhondda Cynon Taf, and give an opinion in Cymraeg on what the figures show and what they leave out.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 2 overview, page 13; Unit 3, Section 3.1.2 Reading, page 18
“The stimuli will include a variety of sources which may include a graph/chart, facts and/or statistics and image(s).”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu echdynnu a dehongli gwybodaeth o amrywiaeth gynyddol o ddiagramau, amserlenni a graffiau (gan gynnwys siartiau cylch).
Rwy'n gallu dod i gasgliadau o ddata ac rwy'n cydnabod y gall rhai casgliadau fod yn gamarweiniol neu'n ansicr.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dehongli gwybodaeth fathemategol; gan ddod i gasgliadau o graffiau, diagramau a data, gan gynnwys trafod cyfyngiadau data.
Rwy'n gallu dehongli graffiau sy'n disgrifio sefyllfaoedd go iawn, gan gynnwys y rhai a ddefnyddir yn y cyfryngau, a chan gydnabod y gall rhai graffiau fod yn gamarweiniol.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu dehongli graffiau sy'n disgrifio sefyllfaoedd go iawn, gan gynnwys y rhai a ddefnyddir yn y cyfryngau, a chan gydnabod y gall rhai graffiau fod yn gamarweiniol.
Rwy'n gallu dod i gasgliadau o ddata ac rwy'n cydnabod y gall rhai casgliadau fod yn gamarweiniol neu'n ansicr.
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 รข chymwysterau 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.