General Certificate of Secondary Education
CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES – WELSH SECOND
LANGUAGE 2016
SUBMISSION DATE FOR THE TASKS:
GCSE WELSH SECOND LANGUAGE - UNIT 2
5 May
GCSE WELSH SECOND LANGUAGE APPLIED – UNIT 2
GCSE WELSH SECOND LANGUAGE APPLIED – UNIT 3
5 May
5 May
CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT
GCSE WELSH SECOND LANGUAGE 2016
UNIT 2 (25%)
A bank of exemplar tasks is available on WJEC’s secure website. Tasks set by
centres or adapted from the bank of exemplar tasks should be changed every two
years, and must be sent to WJEC before being used.
TASK 1 (Individual Presentation)
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The Individual Presentation should show evidence of research from the
candidates.
Candidates are permitted to use brief notes (no more than 30 words in bullet
point form), and these 30 words can contain Welsh and/or English words.
Any bullet points used must be sent to the moderator with the sample.
The task should last for about 2 – 5 minutes.
Each candidate must be recorded for moderation purposes.
TASK 2 (Situation Conversation and Writing)
Situation Conversation
 Teachers should provide the candidates with the Situation Conversation and
Writing tasks four weeks prior to the test.
 Candidates are permitted to use brief notes in the Situation Conversation task
(no more than 30 words in bullet form), and these 30 words can contain Welsh
and/or English words. Any bullet points used must be sent to the moderator with
the sample.
 The task should last for about 4 – 7 minutes.
 Each candidate must be recorded for moderation purposes.
Writing
 During the written task, candidates are permitted to use dictionaries or suitable
material e.g. bullet points containing statistics, facts, examples and quotes. (No
more than 40 words.)
 Candidates may use IT to complete the written work, however, teachers must
ensure that they don’t have access to spell checker.
 1 hour is allowed to complete the written task.
 Length of task: between 100 – 250 words.
 Candidates are strictly prohibited from re-drafting or re-writing the task.
Marking the tasks
The tasks should be marked in accordance with the marking schemes in the
exemplar material.
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Sending a sample
TASK 1
Teachers should input a mark out of 40 for Task 1 into a web-page which will be prepopulated with the relevant candidate entry details. This will then automatically
identify the sample candidates and will enable the sampling process and the upload
of marks to be completed in a single electronic transaction.
TASK 2
Teachers should input a mark out of 60 (a maximum of 40 for the situation
conversation and 20 for the written element) for Task 2 into a web-page which will be
pre-populated with the relevant candidate entry details. This will then automatically
identify the sample candidates and will enable the sampling process and the upload
of marks to be completed in a single electronic transaction.
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The sample for Task 1 and Task 2 should be sent to the same moderator by 5
May, 2016 at the latest.
Teachers should ensure that the sample tests are on one CD and contain
individual tracks.
The CD should be labelled with the centre’s name and number, and also the
candidates’ names and numbers.
The bullet points used for the Situation Conversation (no more than 30 words)
should be sent to the moderator.
Pro forma 1 should be sent with the written task and the sheet of notes containing
40 words.
For every candidate, the above paperwork (not stapled) should be placed in a
manila folder and clearly labelled with the centre’s name and number, and the
candidate’s name and number.
The marks awarded to each candidate in the sample should be noted on the
appropriate mark sheets:
4552/A
4552/B
4552/C
4552/CH
The remainder of the candidates’ tasks should be stored safely, in case WJEC
requires further evidence.
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CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT
GCSE WELSH SECOND LANGUAGE APPLIED 2016
UNIT 2 (30%)
A bank of exemplar tasks is available on WJEC’s secure website. Tasks set by
centres or adapted from the bank of exemplar tasks should be changed every two
years, and must be sent to WJEC before being used.
TASK 1 (Individual Presentation and Writing)
Individual Presentation
 The Individual Presentation should show evidence of research from the
candidates.
 Teachers should provide the candidates with the task four weeks prior to the
test.
 Candidates are permitted to use brief notes (no more than 30 words in bullet
point form), and these 30 words can contain Welsh and/or English words.
 Any bullet points used must be sent to the moderator with the sample.
 The task should last for about 2 – 5 minutes.
 Each candidate must be recorded for moderation purposes.
Writing
 During the written task, candidates are permitted to use dictionaries or suitable
material e.g. bullet points containing statistics, facts, examples and quotes. (No
more than 40 words.)
 Candidates may use IT to complete the written work, however, teachers must
ensure that they don’t have access to spell checker.
 1 hour is allowed to complete the written task.
 Length of task: between 100 – 250 words.
 Candidates are strictly prohibited from re-drafting or re-writing the task.
TASK 2 (Reading)
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Dictionaries are not permitted when completing the work.
1 hour is allowed to complete the task.
Length of task: 100 – 200 words as a stimulus.
Candidates are strictly prohibited from re-drafting or re-writing the task.
Marking the tasks
The tasks should be marked in accordance with the marking schemes in the
exemplar material.
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Sending a sample
TASKS 1 and 2
Teachers should input a mark out of 80 (a maximum of 40 marks for the individual
presentation, a maximum of 20 for the written task and a maximum of 20 for the
reading task) for Tasks 1 and 2 into a web-page which will be pre-populated with the
relevant candidate entry details. This will then automatically identify the sample
candidates and will enable the sampling process and the upload of marks to be
completed in a single electronic transaction.
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The sample should be sent to the moderator by 5 May, 2016 at the latest.
Teachers should ensure that the sample tests are on one CD and contain
individual tracks.
The CD should be labelled with the centre’s name and number, and also the
candidates’ names and numbers.
The bullet points used for the Individual Presentation (no more than 30 words)
should be sent to the moderator.
Pro forma 1 should be sent with the written task and the sheet of notes containing
40 words.
For every candidate, the above paperwork and the reading material (not stapled)
should be placed in a manila folder and clearly labelled with the centre’s name
and number, and the candidate’s name and number.
The marks awarded to each candidate in the sample should be noted on the
appropriate mark sheets:
4562/A
4562/B
4562/C
The remainder of the candidates’ tests should be stored safely, in case WJEC
requires further evidence.
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CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT
GCSE WELSH SECOND LANGUAGE APPLIED 2016
UNIT 3 (30%)
A bank of exemplar tasks is available on WJEC’s secure website. Tasks set by
centres or adapted from the bank of exemplar tasks should be changed every two
years, and must be sent to WJEC before being used.
TASK 1 (Reading and Writing)
Reading
 Dictionaries are not permitted during the reading task.
 1 hour is allowed to complete the task.
 Length of task: 100 – 200 words as a stimulus.
 Candidates are strictly prohibited from re-drafting or re-writing the task.
Writing
 During the written task, candidates are permitted to use dictionaries or suitable
material e.g. bullet points containing statistics, facts, examples and quotes. (No
more than 40 words.)
 Candidates may use IT to complete the written work, however, teachers must
ensure that they don’t have access to spell checker.
 1 hour is allowed to complete the written task.
 Length of task: between 100 – 250 words.
 Candidates are strictly prohibited from re-drafting or re-writing the task.
TASK 2 (Situation Conversation and Writing)
Situation Conversation
 The Situation Conversation should show evidence of research from the
candidates.
 Teachers should provide the candidates with the task four weeks prior to the
test.
 Candidates are permitted to use brief notes (no more than 30 words in bullet
point form), and these 30 words can contain Welsh and/or English words.
 Any bullet points used must be sent to the moderator with the sample.
 The task should last for about 2 – 4 minutes.
 Each candidate must be recorded for moderation purposes.
Writing
 During the written task, candidates are permitted to use dictionaries or suitable
material e.g. bullet points containing statistics, facts, examples and quotes. (No
more than 40 words.)
 Candidates may use IT to complete the written work, however, teachers must
ensure that they don’t have access to spell checker.
 1 hour is allowed to complete the written task.
 Length of task: between 100 – 250 words.
 Candidates are strictly prohibited from re-drafting or re-writing the task.
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Marking the tasks
The tasks should be marked in accordance with the marking schemes in the
exemplar material.
Sending a sample
TASK 1
Teachers should input a mark out of 40 (a maximum of 20 marks for the reading
element and a maximum of 20 marks for the written element) for Task 1 into a webpage which will be pre-populated with the relevant candidate entry details. This will
then automatically identify the sample candidates and will enable the sampling
process and the upload of marks to be completed in a single electronic transaction.
TASK 2
Teachers should input a mark out of 60 (a maximum of 20 marks for the oral element
[halving the marks in the marking scheme], and a maximum of 40 marks for the
written element [doubling the marks in the marking scheme]) for Task 2 into a webpage which will be pre-populated with the relevant candidate entry details. This will
then automatically identify the sample candidates and will enable the sampling
process and the upload of marks to be completed in a single electronic transaction.
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The sample for Tasks 1 and 2 should be sent to the same moderator by 5 May,
2016 at the latest.
Teachers should ensure that the sample tests are on one CD and contain
individual tracks.
The CD should be labelled with the centre’s name and number, and also the
candidates’ names and numbers.
The bullet point notes used for the Situation Conversation (no more than 30
words) should be sent to the moderator.
Pro forma 3 should be sent with the written work for Task 1 and pro forma 4 for
the written work in Task 2, along with the notes of 40 words for both tasks.
For every candidate, the above paperwork and the reading material (not stapled)
should be placed in a manila folder and clearly labelled with the centre’s name
and number, and the candidate’s name and number.
The marks awarded to each candidate in the sample should be noted on the
appropriate mark sheets:
4563/A
4563/B
4563/C
The remainder of the candidates’ tests should be stored safely, in case WJEC
requires further evidence.
SLJ/EM/W67(2015)(E)
19/08/2015
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