Skills for Life: British Sign Language
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
British Sign Language is a Skills for Life unit in which learners meet and greet deaf people, fingerspell names, use numbers, describe weather and transport, and give and follow directions in BSL. It is one 20 hour unit that learners combine with others into a Skills for Life or Skills for Work Award, Certificate or Diploma, and each level achieved counts. Literacy is the core: BSL is a visual language, so the Literacy speaking and listening statements cover producing and receiving signs, and fingerspelling moves between English spelling and BSL. Numeracy is light: signing numbers up to 60, with time, money and dates in the amplification.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Oriau dysgu dan arweiniad
- 20
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Canolig
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Pecyn uned
- Agor y pecyn cyflwyno ac asesu
Sut mae'r uned hon yn cael ei hasesu
- Entry Level (Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3): Six learning outcomes (interacting with people, fingerspelling, numbers, weather, transport and directions), each with assessment criteria at Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3. Evidence goes in a portfolio, internally assessed by the centre and externally quality assured by WJEC. 20 guided learning hours.
- Level 1 and Level 2: Six learning outcomes (meeting people, fingerspelling, numbers, weather, transport and directions), each with assessment criteria at Level 1 and Level 2. Evidence goes in a portfolio, internally assessed by the centre and externally quality assured by WJEC. 20 guided learning hours, and unlike other units each level achieved counts towards the qualification.
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Datblygu geirfa
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Receiving and understanding signed information
Learners watch and understand signs for weather, ways of travelling, places and directions, from recognising one weather sign at Entry 1 to following complex directions with multiple landmarks at Level 2. In BSL the receiving skill is visual, so it maps to the Literacy listening statements. Recognising and following signed information is required by the assessment criteria.
Llythrennedd: Gwrando am ystyr, Datblygu geirfa
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils watch the teacher sign a weather word and hold up the matching picture card.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils watch a partner sign two step directions, such as turn right then go to the shop, and trace the route on a simple town map.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils follow a signed route with four steps and two landmarks around the school site and check at the end that they reached the right place.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Entry Level, learning outcomes 4 to 6, assessment criteria 4.1, 5.1, 6.2 and 6.3, pages 6 and 7; Level 1 and Level 2, learning outcomes 4 and 6, assessment criteria 4.1 and 6.2, pages 8 and 9
“Recognise and follow more complex directions in BSL, including multiple places or landmarks.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy’n gallu gwrando ar, deall, dehongli ac adalw ystyr gyffredinol yr hyn rwyf wedi’i glywed.
Rwy’n gallu gwrando, adnabod a defnyddio geiriau allweddol i ddeall ystyr gyffredinol a syniadau sydd ymhlyg.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy’n gallu deall a dadansoddi ystyr gyffredinol a syniadau sydd ymhlyg.
Rwy’n gallu gwrando er mwyn datblygu fy ngeirfa a strwythurau brawddegau, gan ddefnyddio’r rhain wrth i mi gyfathrebu.
Da gwybod
- The unit codes are S603E1, S603E2, S603E3, S603L1 and S603L2, and the unit is 20 guided learning hours (Unit overview, page 3).
- Unlike every other unit, levels add up: "Learners can complete the British Sign Language unit at multiple levels, and each unit will count towards the GLH required for the qualification" (Skills for Life and Work specification, section 2.2, page 10).
- Staffing is a real requirement: "For Level 1 and 2, teachers must hold a nationally recognised qualification at or above the level they are delivering or be native users of BSL" (Resources required for delivery, page 15).
- BSL has no written form, as the overview notes: "BSL is not a written language" (Unit overview, page 3). Evidence such as "video recordings of learners signing conversations or presentations in BSL" (Sources of evidence, page 14) therefore carries most of the literacy work.
- Suggested assessment tasks "are not mandatory" and teachers may adapt them or write their own (specification, section 4.1, page 18).
- AI rules apply to the portfolio: misuse includes "Failing to acknowledge use of AI tools when they have been used as a source of information" (specification, section 4.6, page 21).
- Appendix A maps the unit to Creativity and innovation and Personal effectiveness, not to Literacy or Numeracy, even though the learning outcomes are language and number work (specification, Appendix A, page 28).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The pack names Looking after others, Teamwork, Understanding self and others, Values for life, Overcoming barriers, Community participation and Equality, diversity and inclusion as closely related Skills Suite units. The topics of greetings, personal details, numbers, time, weather, transport and directions are the same everyday topics taught in GCSE French, GCSE German, GCSE Spanish and GCSE Core Cymraeg, so learners can carry language learning strategies across. The focus on inclusive communication links with GCSE Health and Social Care and Childcare, and number work for time and money links with GCSE Mathematics and Numeracy.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC British Sign Language (BSL) unit delivery and assessment pack, read with the WJEC Entry 1 to Level 2 Skills for Life and Skills for Work specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).