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A-Level Welsh / Cymraeg (WJEC) — a first-language literature-and-language qualification for Wales.
Overview
A-Level Welsh / Cymraeg (WJEC) — a first-language literature-and-language qualification for Wales.
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Every topic recorded for this subject in the curriculum is reproduced below in its full hierarchy. The descriptions reflect the mapped scope without implying additional exam rules.
Speaking proficiently in a context-appropriate register, listening, and reaching balanced conclusions in the oral examinations.
Studying and discussing a prescribed film and play with apt quotation and terminology.
An essay on prescribed twentieth- and twenty-first-century Welsh poetry with a personal critical response.
Grammar and structure exercises with writing in varied formats and an awareness of register.
A creative piece such as a short story, novel chapter, monologue, diary, blog, autobiography or script.
A researched essay or speech on a controversial topic, cross-referencing sources.
Discussing a prescribed novel and linking it to other relevant texts.
Medieval Welsh prose, its language and its themes.
Early Welsh poetry (Hengerdd) and the medieval cywyddau tradition.
Appreciating unseen prose and poetry and connecting across texts.
Advanced use-of-language tasks set against the social and cultural context of Welsh.
Critical analysis of literary, visual and factual texts.
Accurate, well-structured critical and analytical Welsh prose.
The form, style and language of modern Welsh multimedia.
Where this subject applies
These pathways and regions are explicitly connected to the subject in the curriculum.
AS-Level
Advanced Subsidiary — the first year of A-Level study (standalone or first half of the full A-Level).
A-Level (A2)
The full Advanced Level — AS content plus the second-year A2 content.
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