FS English Level 1 Specification - WJEC

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS ENGLISH LEVEL 1 SPECIFICATION 17Task SettingWJEC-set controlled assessment tasks will be reviewed annually to ensure that theycontinue to set an appropriate challenge.For Speaking, listening and communication at Levels 1 and 2, tasks must be selectedfrom a number of comparable tasks provided by WJEC. Centres have the opportunityto contextualise some elements of the tasks to best-suit their centre-specificcircumstances.The following suggestions indicate the type of controlled assessment set and thelevel of contextualisation permitted.WJEC task set: Discuss and report back on how best to allocate funding for anorganisation with which candidates will have some familiarity. The discussion shouldend with a decision agreed on by the group.Contextualisation permitted: centres may contextualise that generic task set toencompass real-life scenarios particular to their candidature/area. For example:Contextualised Group Discussion – Level 1:The learners are asked to read through the scenario (or have it read to them) anddiscuss the facilities needed in the school/college.The school/college has received a Lottery grant of £100, 000, and the learners havebeen asked to discuss the most appropriate way of spending this money that willbenefit the most number of students. Discuss possible ways of spending the moneyusing the following headings:• Sport• Clubs• Canteen• Subject areas – Science (labs); English/Media; ICT; Languages; Technology; Art& Design, etc.• Library/Learning Resource Centre• Specific year group’s needsThe group must come to a unanimous decision about how to spend the grant and beable to explain why it would benefit students.Generic Speaking, listening and communication tasks will be published on the WJECsecure website in April of each year. At this time, dates will also be released for theavailable windows of assessment.The way the generic Speaking, listening and communication tasks have been / willbe contextualised in each teaching group should be outlined in Form FSE3 (this is inaddition to the E3 outlining S&L activities for any GCSE classes) and must besubmitted to the consultative moderator by 1 December each year. It is the centre’sresponsibility to download the FSE3 forms from the WJEC website (www.wjec.co.uk)and forward them to the Speaking, listening and communication moderator.