Reasonable adjustments that allow use of a bilingual dictionary [1]
Posted: 3 January 2019
Occasionally we hear from centres that they would like to be able to allow a learner to use a bilingual dictionary in an external assessment (theory test) when the learner’s first language is not English. This is allowed where the use of a bilingual translation dictionary represents the learner’s normal way of working and invigilators take steps to check pages of the dictionary for non-permitted notes or diagrams.
Full details of the rules can be found on Pages 4 and 5 of our Reasonable Adjustments policy [2]
We hope you will find this helpful. If you have any queries relating to the use of bilingual translation dictionaries during assessments please let a member of the Quality and Assessment team know by emailing awards.quality@ymca.co.uk [3]