Skills for Life: International Language: Communicating Personal Information (Written)
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
International language (written): communicating personal information is a 10 hour Skills for Life unit, from Entry 1 to Level 2, offered in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish. Learners read short texts about people and write about themselves, from single words at Entry 1 to written facts, opinions, answers and requests at Level 2. It is one unit that learners combine with others into a Skills for Life, or Skills for Life and Work, Award, Certificate or Diploma. Digital demand is low. No assessment criterion asks for digital work; digital skills sit in suggested emails, CVs, online quizzes and dictionaries, and photographed evidence.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Oriau dysgu dan arweiniad
- 10
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith digidol
- 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 material relating to communicating personal information, write about personal information), with separate 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. 10 guided learning hours.
- Level 1 and Level 2: Two learning outcomes (understand key facts and information in texts relating to personal information, produce texts about personal information), 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 Hunaniaeth, delwedd ac enw da
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Working with a partner school online
The pack suggests linking with a partner school to communicate via the internet, with pupils emailing each other regularly, and researching and presenting differences between pupils in the two schools. These are suggested experiences rather than assessment requirements. Because the unit is about writing details such as an email address and mobile number, a real exchange is a natural point to agree what is safe to share, although the pack does not cover online safety.
DCF: Cydweithredu, Hunaniaeth, delwedd ac enw da, Ymddygiad ar-lein a bwlio ar-lein
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils add one sentence each about themselves in the language to a class slide that is sent to a partner class, and agree which details stay private.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils read profiles sent by a partner school and match each one to a pupil in their own class with similar hobbies.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils build a shared document with partner school pupils comparing school days in both languages, setting editing rights and leaving out personal contact details.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Experiences, page 14; Suggested activities, Development Activities, page 13
“create a link with a partner school to communicate via the internet”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu cydweithio i greu prosiect ar-lein ar y cyd at ddiben penodol, gan rannu a gosod caniatâd mewn ffordd briodol ar gyfer aelodau eraill y grŵp, e.e. golygu, rhoi sylwadau, gweld.
Rwy'n gallu nodi manteision a risgiau rhoi gwybodaeth bersonol a rhoi mynediad i wahanol feddalwedd i ddyfeisiau.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dewis yn annibynnol a defnyddio ystod o ddulliau cydweithio i greu prosiect gydag eraill mewn un iaith neu fwy, e.e. defnyddio technoleg ar-lein i rannu a chyflwyno syniadau i eraill.
Rwy'n gallu ymddwyn yn briodol ar-lein, gan gadw fy hun yn ddiogel ac ymddwyn mewn modd cyfrifol.
Da gwybod
- There is one unit for each language. The title is "available in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish", and for unit codes the pack says "Please refer to the Skills for Life and Work qualifications specification." (Unit overview, page 3), where every code is still listed as TBC (section 3.1, page 13).
- Specialist staff are expected: "assessors should have subject-specific expertise in language teaching and assessment" (Resources required for assessment, page 16). Devices help but are optional: "it would be beneficial to have access to computers, tablets, or mobile devices for digital activities and research" (page 14).
- Evidence can be paper or digital. Sources include "annotated photographic evidence of matching or sorting activity", a "completed profile", a "CV" and a "letter or email" (Sources of evidence, page 14), and a portfolio "is not limited to paper-based materials" (Skills for Life and Work specification, section 4.1, page 18).
- Sampling is remote: "all evidence submitted for sampling must be provided digitally by the centre" (Skills for Life and Work specification, section 5.2, page 23).
- Suggested assessment tasks are optional: "These tasks are not mandatory." (Skills for Life and Work specification, section 4.1, page 18). Every digital tool named in the pack, such as Blooket, Quizlet and Kahoot, appears only in suggested activities.
- AI use must be acknowledged. Properly referenced AI use "can be acceptable", but "Failing to acknowledge use of AI tools when they have been used as a source of information" is malpractice (Skills for Life and Work specification, section 4.6, page 21).
- The pack carries a note that "The UK Government has announced plans to restrict social media use by children under 16" (page 2), which matters for any online contact with a partner school.
- The unit starts from scratch: the units "assume that learners have no previous experience of the language being learnt" (Planning courses, page 7), with Entry Level pitched at CEFR pre-A1 to A1 and Levels 1 and 2 at A2 to B1 (page 8).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The pack names VCSE Travel and Tourism and GCSE Business as qualifications the international language units can complement, and writing about nationality, where people live and work, and future plans fits both. Learners already taking GCSE French, GCSE German or GCSE Spanish are pointed towards a new language rather than the same one. Within the Skills Suite the unit pairs with International language (spoken): communicating personal information, the Social activities units and the Skills for Work Education and employment units, which share vocabulary for school, work and hobbies. Translating sentences into English or Cymraeg draws on GCSE English Language and Literature, GCSE Cymraeg Language and Literature and GCSE Core Cymraeg, and writing a basic CV or covering letter echoes the job applications in the Applying for jobs unit.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC International language (written) - communicating personal information 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).