Skills for Life: International Language: Social Activities (Spoken)
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
International language (spoken): social activities is a 10 hour Skills for Life unit, from Entry 1 to Level 2, offered in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish. It is one unit that learners combine with other 10 or 20 hour units into a Skills for Life, or Skills for Life and Work, Award, Certificate or Diploma. The whole unit is listening and speaking about leisure, places, transport, food and drink, from recognising and pronouncing familiar words at Entry Level to open questions and a short conversation at Level 2. Numeracy is light: numbers, times and prices heard and said in the language.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Oriau dysgu dan arweiniad
- 10
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Uchel
- 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): Two learning outcomes (understand basic spoken information relating to social activities, give basic information orally about social activities), with separate assessment criteria at Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3, including clear pronunciation. Evidence goes in a portfolio, internally assessed by the centre and externally quality assured by WJEC. 10 guided learning hours.
- Level 1 and Level 2: Two learning outcomes (understand spoken information relating to social activities, engage in a conversation relating to social activities), with separate assessment criteria at Level 1 and Level 2. Evidence goes in a portfolio, internally assessed by the centre and externally quality assured by WJEC. 10 guided learning hours.
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Trawsieithu
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Moving between the assessed language and English or Cymraeg
Many suggested activities have learners hear the assessed language and note the main points in English or Cymraeg, confirm a café order in English or Cymraeg, correct a teacher's deliberately wrong translation, or translate short phrases. This is taught at all levels and supports the listening criteria, but translation is not itself an assessment criterion.
Llythrennedd: Trawsieithu
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils hear five café phrases in the target language and write what each one means in English or Welsh.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils listen to a partner's three sentences about a hobby in the target language and retell them in Welsh or English to the group.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils hear the teacher translate a classmate's sentences with deliberate mistakes, then correct them first in English or Welsh and then in the target language.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Delivery guidance, suggested activities, pages 11 to 13
“Learners could listen and note down the key points or specific details in English/Cymraeg.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy’n gallu derbyn gwybodaeth mewn un iaith a’i haddasu at wahanol ddibenion mewn iaith arall.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy’n gallu cymhwyso fy sgiliau trawsieithu er mwyn cefnogi fy nysgu mewn ieithoedd cyfarwydd ac ieithoedd newydd.
Da gwybod
- There is no test. The unit "is centre assessed and externally quality assured by WJEC", and evidence "may be verbal, written, practical, or visual", with "extended written work" not required unless appropriate (Sources of evidence, page 14).
- Speaking evidence is usually recorded or observed: sources include "audio recording of candidate", "video recording of role-play" and "teacher observation notes" (Sources of evidence, page 14).
- The levels follow the CEFR: Entry Level criteria reflect "pre-A1 to A1" and Level 1 and 2 criteria reflect "A2 to B1" (Relationship to the CEFR, page 8). The criteria "assume that learners have no previous experience of the language being learnt" (Planning courses, page 7).
- Plural wording sets a minimum: "a plural reference within assessment criterion refers to a minimum of two" (pages 5 and 6), and Level 1 learning outcome 1 asks for "three details" (page 6).
- Support depends on level: "Entry 1 Learners will require a high level of support, including verbal, visual and practical assistance" (Specification, Section 4.2, page 19).
- Suggested activities and tasks are optional: "These tasks are not mandatory." (Specification, Section 4.1, page 18).
- AI tools: misuse includes "Using AI to complete parts of the assessment so that the work does not reflect the learner's own work" and "Failing to acknowledge use of AI tools when they have been used as a source of information" (Specification, Section 4.6, page 21).
- The unit is offered in six languages: "This unit is available in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish." (Unit overview, page 3). The unit page gives no code and refers to the specification, which lists the codes as "TBC" (Section 3.1, page 13).
- The unit overview places the literacy in talk: learners develop literacy "with an emphasis on speaking and listening" (Unit overview, page 3).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The listening and speaking skills match those in GCSE French, GCSE German and GCSE Spanish, though the pack says learners already taking one of those GCSEs "may not benefit" from this unit in the same language and may prefer a new one, such as Italian, Japanese or Mandarin. The pack names VCSE Travel and Tourism and GCSE Business as qualifications it could complement, and ordering food, menus, restaurant bookings and car hire also suit VCSE Hospitality and Catering. Noting what is heard in English or Cymraeg draws on the English and Welsh that learners also study in GCSE English Language and Literature, GCSE Core Cymraeg or GCSE Cymraeg Language and Literature. Within the Skills Suite it pairs with International language (written): social activities and the communicating personal information and education and employment language units. The numeracy is limited to times and Euro prices.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC International language (spoken) - social activities 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).