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Ym mis Gorffennaf 2012, sefydlwyd Grŵp Adolygu annibynnol gan y Gweinidog Addysg a Sgiliau ar y pryd dan gadeiryddiaeth yr Athro Sioned Davies, er mwyn darparu cyngor ar wella darpariaeth Cymraeg ail iaith yng Nghyfnodau Allweddol 3 a 4\. Prif amcan y Grŵp oedd  ystyried pa newidiadau y dylid eu gwneud i alluogi mwy o ddysgwyr i ddefnyddio’r Gymraeg tu allan i’r dosbarth, yn eu cymunedau ac yn eu gwaith yn y dyfodol.

Cyfarfu'r Grŵp a chasglu tystiolaeth gan nifer o randdeiliaid sydd ynghlwm wrth addysg Cymraeg ail iaith gan gynnwys athrawon, disgyblion a rhieni. Mae adroddiad terfynol y Grŵp, Un iaith i bawb, a gafodd ei gyhoeddi ym mis Medi 2013, yn tynnu sylw at nifer o broblemau gyda’r dull presennol o ddysgu Cymraeg ail iaith ac  yn archwilio themâu rydym yn ymrwymedig o fynd i’r afael â hwy yn ystod y cam nesaf o’r gwaith o adolygu’r cwricwlwm a threfniadau asesu yng Nghymru.

Ar 12 Mawrth cyhoeddwyd y bydd yr Athro Graham Donaldson yn cadeirio adolygiad annibynnol o’r trefniadau hyn ac yn darparu argymhellion a fydd yn sail i’r gwaith o ddatblygu Cwricwlwm i Gymru. Bydd yr adroddiad Un iaith i bawb yn rhan bwysig o’r dystiolaeth wrth i’r Athro Donaldson symud y gwaith hwn yn ei flaen.

Bydd pob newid i addysgu Cymraeg mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Saesneg yn adlewyrchu ymrwymiad Llywodraeth Cymru yn y Strategaeth Addysg Cyfrwng Cymraeg  i wella safonau mewn Cymraeg ail iaith i alluogi pobl ifanc i ddod yn siaradwyr Cymraeg cymwys yn y dyfodol.  Mae hyn hefyd yn cyfrannu at yr ymrwymiad a wnaed yn y Strategaeth iaith, Iaith fyw: iaith byw i gynyddu’r ddarpariaeth o weithgareddau Cymraeg i blant a phobl ifanc a’u hymwybyddiaeth o werth yr iaith.

Mae argymhellion Un iaith i bawb yn amryfal ac yn amrywiol. Rydym yn mynd i’r afael â rhai ohonynt eisoes tra bo eraill yn argymhellion tymor hir sy’n gysylltiedig â’r gwaith hir\-ddisgwyliedig ond angenrheidiol o ailwampio’r ddarpariaeth Cymraeg ail iaith.  
Heddiw, mae’r Gweinidog Addysg a Sgiliau  wedi cyhoeddi ei ymateb i’r argymhellion yn yr adroddiad sydd yn sefyll y tu allan i’r adolygiad o’r cwricwlwm a’r trefniadau asesu yng Nghymru.

Mewn ymateb i’r argymhellion, bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn:   


* hwyluso hybu’r Gymraeg fel pwnc ac fel sgil ar gyfer y gweithle;
* parhau i ariannu gweithgareddau ar gyfer athrawon Cymraeg ail iaith trwy Grant y Gymraeg mewn Addysg a’r Cynllun Sabothol;
* annog ysgolion i rannu arfer da o fewn ac ar draws consortia;
* gweithio gyda chonsortia i sicrhau bod trefniadau asesu statudol ar ddiwedd Cyfnod Allweddol 2 a 3 yn cael eu gweithredu’n effeithiol;
* parhau i gomisiynu adnoddau dysgu ac addysgu o safon;
* gweithio gyda Sefydliadau Dyfarnu a rhanddeiliaid eraill i sicrhau bod cymwysterau TGAU, UG a Safon Uwch Cymraeg ail iaith diwygiedig yn addas;
* diddymu’r cwrs byr TGAU Cymraeg ail iaith; a
* monitro argaeledd ac ymrestriadau UG a Safon Uwch Cymraeg ail iaith.

Bydd yr argymhellion sy’n ymwneud yn uniongyrchol ag asesu a’r cwricwlwm yn cael eu hystyried yn ystod adolygiad annibynnol yr Athro Graham Donaldson. Gallai rhai gweithgareddau mewn ymateb i argymhellion eraill hefyd gael eu dylanwadu neu’u heffeithio gan adolygiad yr Athro Donaldson.Hoffem unwaith eto ddiolch i’r Athro Sioned Davies ac i aelodau’r Grŵp am eu gwaith caled i gynhyrchu’r adroddiad a’i argymhellion.  Hoffem hefyd fynegi diolch i bawb a weithiodd ochr yn ochr â nhw, a gyfrannodd at eu gwaith ac i’r rhai a roddodd dystiolaeth a chyngor i’r Grŵp.







Translation:


 
In July 2012, the former Minister for Education and Skills established an independent Review Group, chaired by Professor Sioned Davies, to provide advice on improving Welsh second language provision at Key Stages 3 and 4\. The main objective of the Group was to consider what changes should be made to enable more learners to use Welsh outside the classroom, in their communities and in future employment. 


The Group met with and gathered evidence from a number of stakeholders involved in Welsh second language education including teachers, pupils and parents. The Group’s final report One language for all, published in September 2013, highlighted many issues in the current approach to Welsh second language and explored themes that we are committed to addressing during the next stage of work in the review of curriculum and assessment arrangements in Wales.


On 12 March it was announced that Professor Graham Donaldson will be chairing an independent review of these arrangements and will provide recommendations to inform our development of a Curriculum for Wales. The One language for all report will form an important part of the evidence base as Professor Donaldson takes this work forward.


All changes to the teaching of Welsh in English\-medium schools will reflect the Welsh Government’s commitment in the Welsh\-medium Education Strategy to improve standards in Welsh second language to enable young people to become competent Welsh speakers in the future. This also contributes to the commitment made in the Welsh language strategy, A living language: a language for living, to increase the provision of Welsh language activities for children and young people and their awareness of the value of the language.


The One language for all recommendations are many and varied.  Some are already being addressed while others are recommendations for the long\-term and relate to the overdue, but necessary, overhaul of Welsh second language provision. Today the Minister for Education and Skills has published his response to the recommendations in the report which fall outside the review of curriculum and assessment arrangements in Wales.


In response to the recommendations, the Welsh Government will:


 


* facilitate the promotion of Welsh as  a subject  and as a skill for the workplace;
* continue to fund training activities for Welsh second language teachers through the Welsh in Education Grant and the Sabbatical Scheme;
* encourage schools to share good practice within and across consortia;
* work with consortia to ensure that statutory assessment arrangements for the end of Key Stages 2 and 3 are being implemented effectively;
* continue to commission high quality teaching and learning resources;
* work  with Awarding Organisations and other stakeholders to ensure that revised GCSE, AS and A level Welsh second language qualifications are appropriate;
* remove the GCSE Welsh second language short course; and
* monitor the availability and take up of AS and A level Welsh second language.


The recommendations which directly relate to assessment and curriculum, will be considered during Professor Donaldson’s independent review.  Some actions in response to other recommendations may also be influenced or affected by the outcome of Professor Donaldson’s review.


 


We would like, once again, to thank Professor Sioned Davies and members of the group for all their work in producing the report and its recommendations. We would also like to express our gratitude to everyone who worked alongside them, contributed to their work, and to those who provided evidence and advice to the Group.