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 Prawfddarllen, golygu a gwella
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Proofreading and correcting written Cymraeg
Unit 3 expects learners to refine work through proofreading and editing, and to correct errors, with no dictionary or other resource allowed in the examination.
Llythrennedd: Prawfddarllen, golygu a gwella, Geirfa, sillafu, gramadeg
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils swap short Cymraeg paragraphs with a partner, circle missing capital letters, accents or full stops, then correct their own work.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils redraft a Cymraeg postcard after peer feedback, adding one extra tense and correcting two spelling or mutation errors.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils proofread a Cymraeg text with ten planted errors in mutation, verb form and spelling, then check their own last piece of writing the same way.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 3, Section 3.1.1 Writing, page 17
“Learners should be able to translate short and simple texts from English to Cymraeg as well as refining work through proofreading and editing text.”
Cam cynnydd 3
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 defnyddio strategaethau i sillafu geiriau amlsillafog, cymhleth ac afreolaidd yng nghyd-destun pob maes dysgu a phrofiad.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu gwella gwaith ysgrifennu drwy adolygu annibynnol ac ailddrafftio.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio amrywiaeth o strategaethau ac adnoddau i sillafu geirfa gyfarwydd ac anghyfarwydd a geiriau sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth yn gywir.
Cam cynnydd 5
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
- 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 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.