When I found this site, I thought that the course was not worthy: no writing? no book? but seeing that 1st lesson was available to download… “Maybe I shall learn a couple of words and a little pronunciation”, I thought. But after finishing the lesson I saw myself SPEAKING Cymraeg!!! “Incredible”, I thought; “I have
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I’ve finished the beginners course. Hwre! I downloaded the lessons onto my puter then put them onto CD and listened to them in the car on my drive to Cardiff in the morning. Love the course, and put at least 3 welsh learners onto it, who say they’ve learned more about how to use the
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I thought it was only fair that I posted some comments about my progress having silently worked on this course over the last 8 months or so… I have been learning Welsh for 5 years in evening classes before discovering this course and was starting to feel demoralised by my lack of progress. I stumbled
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I am Welsh but left Wales to go to University (I won’t say how long ago) and then settled in England with no realistic chance of moving back. It has always bugged me that I can’t speak Welsh but I have always known that someday I would learn. Like everyone else in Wales at the
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This is without a doubt, the best foreign language course I’ve ever done (even though I’m still only on the Introductory/Beginner Course). Especially when the Spanish and Italian classes I took in High School, made me completely terrified of ever learning another language – talk about tricky. But these lessons are wonderful, both entertaining and
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To rework a line by Caesar: Gwnes i weld e, gwnes i hoffi fe, gwnes i siarad e! Yesterday I did lesson 3 and I’ve just finished lesson 4. I think it’s going swell, so much so that I can’t believe it. I’ve never learned a language this fast before, and all from just 4
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I have now done over 20 of the SSIW introductory courses and am on track to complete the full course by the end of May. I thought it was time I gave you some feed back. I am 66, with the advantage of a wonderful wife whose first language is Welsh and who is encouraging
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(It’s not the beginning of the month, but I’m at a significant point, I think) I just checked my web history, and the first time I ever visited this site was on Saturday 3rd April (at 21:59, to be precise ) Since then, I’ve done 8 lessons and am about halfway into my 9th (I
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I’m surprised myself how quickly I’ve been picking it up. I think what has really helped me is being relaxed about the lessons. I’m not worrying that each lesson will be my only chance to practice this verb or that noun and no one is going to test me on my mutations. I found when
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‘It’s as if you’ve been wanting to go somewhere very badly and someone just shows up and gives you the key to their Porsche for free!’ Noel Powell

Since I’m from Germany, I did not have a very good access to courses etc – up until now! Yesterday, I tried the first lesson of the course and I can only say: WOW. This is MUCH more fun and effective than any textual explanations. Now I always listen to it on my way to
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SaySomethingInWelsh forces you to speak, and you have to anticipate the correct answer, so there’s no ‘parroting’, no passive repetition. You need to understand what you’re saying and you need to say it quickly. The speed at which you have to listen seems pretty much the normal speed at which the language is spoken, so
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Each lesson gives you complete phrases that you’re able to modify and use in conversation right away. I had the lessons downloaded onto my iPod, and I was able to speak some useful Welsh after the first lesson. It’s a very simple and intuitive way to learn. Give it a go. It’s easy! Martin Davies,
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As someone who has been struggling to learn the language for several years, I found that even the first few lessons helped to correct some basic mistakes. Although familiar with a lot of the words, hearing the language spoken naturally helped to make the sentences flow, and the mistakes I’d been making became immediately obvious
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Thank you SO MUCH for creating such a superb course! For learners like myself in S. Wales (or elsewhere), where one is unlikely to regularly encounter Welsh speakers your efforts have created an indespensable resource for which we’re extremely grateful! I’m currently working through a few comprehensive Welsh coursebooks in the hope of attaining fluency
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I’ve tried lesson one of the course and I have to say it does a better job than what Pimsleur (a proprietary audio course) did for my Dutch. Already less than an hour after the course I said to my mother “Dw i’n trio mynd!” as she was taking some time to get ready to
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In the 2 lessons I’ve done so far I’ve learned an enormous amount. This is exactly what I needed. I’ve been making some really bad pronunciation mistakes which I am now able to correct because I can hear each word so individually and repetitiously. The drill pattern is perfect, just what I needed. In the
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I am so pleased with this course, I havent learned any welsh since i was in year 9 in secondary school which was over 12 years ago lol. I thought i would find this sooo hard but I have suprised myself. I would just like to say once again thanks to you guys for giving
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Loving the format of the SSIW one, it doesn’t just get you to repeat phrases, it gets you to THINK first. Very important for retention. Looking forward to more! Al Evans, Maesycwmmer, nr Caerffili

I just joined and did the first 2 lessons (the north version.) Let me first say this is an excellent course. You have a great idea and it’s obvious you’ve put so much effort into it. I only wish I had such a course 5 years ago when I first started learning Welsh. Junko Salmon,
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This is the best course I’ve encountered anywhere, and I even have Gareth King’s course… 1) I love the way each lesson “loops back around” to review words and phrases, and also to repeat sentence patterns. 2) Thank you for clear pronunciation, and for going slowly enough! 3) Thanks also for the praise, reassurance, and
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This course is brilliant! A competely different approach, but I think it works. In my opinion it is better than any of the downloadable BBC catchphrase courses or book courses that I’ve worked through. As the lessons are aimed at complete beginners, I expected to not gain anything at all from them. However, after listening
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This course is making a serious difference!! I went back to my Welsh for Adults class today, and I could speak with so much more confidence and fluency. I can really feel the difference. One of the other students has said he is not doing any other revision, just concentrating on these lessons from now
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Yesterday I listened to the first lesson of the course and I’d like to say that it’s absolutely… amazing! It’s so easy to memorize all the words and phrases and no need to write down anything. I can’t express how happy I am that I’ve found this site! I can’t thank you enough for such
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I’ve just finished the introductory course and am off to join the local Welsh learners conversation group. If someone had told me that I would have been at this level 3 months ago I would have laughed. After over a year struggling through various BBC on-line courses I was feeling like giving up as my
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What an excellent course. My spoken Welsh has improved more this past fortnight than in three years of ‘formal’ classes. Many thanks to you all for the time and effort you have put in to producing the lessons. Phil Evans, Aberystwyth

Half an hour to learn more phrases than has taken me years to learn! I’ve been trying to learn Welsh for years, alas I’m one of those people who just have no affinity for any other languages, no matter how much I try. However, after the first lesson, I was able to make phrases and
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I have learned to speak more Welsh in 15 days than 50 years – brilliant!! Janet Aldridge, Flint

I’ve only just started (lesson 3 right now) but I am really enjoying myself. Please pass on my sincere thanks to the folks who did the recordings – they’ve done an awesome job. I have done teaching & training myself and know how difficult it is to get the pace and tone right. Also, many
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I am an American of Welsh ancestry, and I cannot tell you the incredible joy I get out of being able to formulate sentences in my ancestors’ language, and to do it so smoothly and confidentally thanks to your lessons. The variety and depth you offer make the Big Welsh Challenge (which I enjoyed, by
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Hello, I’m Garry, I’m 25, and I’m originally from Bridport, in South West Dorset. I’ve recently moved to Cardiff (3 weeks ago to be precise!) where my wife is at university studying to be a dental hygienist. She started last year, and has another year left to go. I’m a postman, and work out of
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I would just like to say a huge thanks for providing such a fantastic course free of charge. It really is amazing how effective the learning method is, even though it went against my normal instinct to want to write things down. You are so reassuring and don’t make anything seem too daunting which is
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Always wanted to speak Welsh and without access to Welsh videos, tv, books and people (the usual way I learn a language) I’d lost hope. The BBC puts up a bit of news and radio but I’ve never mastered enough Welsh to get any benefit from it. Really impressed with your course and all the
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It simply astounds me how well I retain the lessons. The words are just there, as if someone stuck them in my head. I’ve studied on and off for over a year and could only spit out sentences I’d heard on my Colloquial Welsh cds, and only a small handful at that. SSIW is a
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I have just completed the first 6 lessons and moved on to the 7th. I am quite impressed with my progress so far. The technic of learning Welsh this way is so easy and fun. I honestly never thought I could learn a new language. Everyday I look forward to learning the new words and
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This is where SSIW is so good. It is so convenient. No books, writing, travelling back and fore to the learning centre. It is not an effort to learn with SSIW. I dont have to make arrangements for childcare to attend. If I don’t feel like doing Welsh at 6pm on a Thurs I don’t
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This is the best site I have ever found for learning Welsh – SSIW appear to have cracked that ‘wall’ which was between the internet and language learners: I mean, I subscribed to the BBC Learn Welsh site several years ago, which was filled with cool graphics, games and all sorts, but – with all
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I think the course is brilliant. I started trying to learn Welsh years ago, and took to it like a duck to nuclear physics. But I’ve learnt more in the last few weeks than I’ve managed to retain in years of trying with other courses! And I PAID for those! Edward Evans, Prescot, Lancashire