Skills for Life: International Language: Social Activities (Written)
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
International language (written): 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 reading and writing about leisure, food and drink, from familiar words with correct spelling at Entry Level to texts, opinions, answers and written requests such as a restaurant booking at Level 2. Numeracy is light: numbers, prices, times and dates read and written 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 information relating to everyday social activities, be able to write about everyday social activities), with separate assessment criteria at Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3, including correct spelling. 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 key facts and information in texts relating to everyday social activities, produce texts about social activities), with one reading criterion and four writing criteria at each of 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
Suggested activities ask learners to note the main points of a text in English or Cymraeg, translate café vocabulary and sentences, read tangled texts where English or Cymraeg replaces parts of the assessed language, and then adapt a model text for their own writing. This is taught at all levels and supports the reading and writing criteria, but translation is not itself an assessment criterion.
Llythrennedd: Trawsieithu
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils translate six café words, such as croissant, tea and juice, to and from the target language.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils read a tangled text where some words are in English or Welsh and choose the right target language word for each gap.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils read a booking email in the target language, note its main points in Welsh or English, then adapt it to write their own booking.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Delivery guidance, suggested activities, pages 11 to 14
“learners could note the main points of the email 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).
- Spelling counts only where a criterion names it: assessor judgements "should focus on meeting the standard, not spelling or presentation unless specifically assessed" (Sources of evidence, page 14), and the Entry Level criteria do assess spelling, up to "the correct spelling for most words within set sentences" at Entry 3 (page 5).
- Written evidence can take many forms, including "completed menu or order form", "letter or email", "flyer or invitation to an event" and "gap fill exercise" (Possible sources of evidence, page 15).
- 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).
- 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 writing: learners develop literacy skills "with an emphasis on writing" (Unit overview, page 3).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The reading and writing 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 menus, restaurant bookings and dietary requests also suit VCSE Hospitality and Catering. Noting main points 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 (spoken): social activities and the other language units. The numeracy is limited to times, dates and Euro prices.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC International language (written) - 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).