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WJEC GCSE Welsh Second Language
WJEC GCSE Welsh Second Language
The final set of exams for this GCSE course will take place with in the summer of 2026 with current Year 11 pupils, and the results released in August 2026.
* Current Year 10 students are being prepared for a new GCSE course, titled GCSE Core Welsh. These exams will be sat in the 2026/2027 academic year.
Explaining the GCSE course
Explaining the GCSE course
The WJEC Welsh Second Language GCSE is made up of 4 different exams, although there are similarities between Unit 1 and Unit 2, and also Unit 3 and Unit 4.
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As part of your GCSE studies, you are expected to study the following three themes - "Ieuenctid" ("Youth"), "Cymru a'r Byd" ("Wales and the World") and "Cyflogaeth" ("Employment"). They can be broken down into the following topics of study:
Amdanaf fi, fy ffrindiau a fy nheulu - About myself, my family and friends
Amser hamdden - Leisure time
Bywyd ysgol - School life
Byw'n iach - Living healthy
Dathliadau - Celebrations
Problemau'r ifanc - Young people's problems
Fy ardal lleol - My local area
Gwyliau - Holidays
Gwyliau yng Nghymru - Holidays in Wales
Yr amgylchedd - The environment
Sêr Cymru - Welsh celebrities
Diwylliant Cymru - Welsh culture
Dwyieithrwydd - Bilingualism
Cymraeg ar draws y byd - Welsh across the world
Cynllunio am y dyfodol - Planning for the future (Post 16)
Profiad gwaith - Work experience
Gwaith gwirfoddol/elusennol - Voluntary/Charity work
Gyrfaoedd a diweithdra - Careers and unemployment
Cymraeg yn y gweithle - Welsh in the workplace
Exam Dates 2026
Uned 1 - Mawrth 10fed, 11eg, 12fed
Uned 2 - Mawrth 17eg, 18fed, 19eg
Uned 3 - Dydd Mercher, Mai 13eg (AM)
Uned 4 - Dydd Mawrth, Mehefin 2il (AM)
Looking for extra revision resources?
Looking for extra revision resources?
e-sgol is a project funded by the Welsh Government that provides online revision sessions for all subjects, taught by specialist teachers who are currently teaching within Wales. Revision sessions can be attended when they are live, and can also be accessed or revisited at a later date via the e-sgol YouTube channel. Click here to look at their Welsh revision resources for all four exam types.
All revision sessions are presented through the medium of English.
As the exam board who writes the our exam papers, the WJEC website offers revision resources that can be accessed online and worked through at your own pace. There are no online videos but there are some additional files that can be downloaded to help complete some of the tasks. Click here to look at their Welsh revision resources for all four exam types.
Whilst most of the tasks have instructions in Welsh and English, some parts of the task instructions are only written in Welsh. See you teacher if you need help with these.
These resources were created by me during my own teaching career and given to pupils across a range of year groups.
The AVOCADOS language mat was given to all year groups in order to support all work, but with a main focus on written work and speaking tasks.
The POEQ language mats for Uned 1 and Uned 2 were resources given to Years 10 and 11 to help structure speaking tasks and revise key sentence patterns for the speaking exams.
Diolch yn fawr iawn to the following Welsh teachers who have also allowed me to share their resources with you!
Diolch yn fawr iawn to the following Welsh teachers who have also allowed me to share their resources with you!
Bedwas High School Resources
Bedwas High School Resources
Since 2019, Mrs Davies from Bedwas High School has been developing podcasts that support her own pupils, and many other people, as they learn Welsh.
All of her Learn Welsh with Mrs Davy podcasts podcasts can be found on Spotify (click here), Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and a number of other platforms.
Islwyn High School Resources
Islwyn High School Resources
Ms Bow, who previously taught at Islwyn High School, has also prepared a number of revision resources since 2019, in the form of quizzes on Blooket and Quizlet.
Click here to find all of Ms Bow's revision Blookets and click here for all of Ms Bow's revision Quizlets.
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