(That’s Saturday’s 21:00 hrs New Zealand time, for the kick off of Wales’ semi-final showdown with France). “We are all Welsh now,” read the headlines on Sunday when the Welsh rugby team became the last British side remaining in this year’s World Cup. It’s true – many British rugby fans will now support Wales for
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In America and Argentina, New Zealand and China, Germany and Finland, Welsh learners are celebrating the award given by the Institute of Welsh Affairs to the world’s largest Welsh class, internet-based SaySomethinginWelsh.com, for promoting Wales to the rest of the world. Over 15,000 people have accessed the free mp3 lessons on the website, and a
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At a time when tourism from America has been in decline, a new kind of intensive Welsh course has shown that tourist experts are right to predict the rising importance of cultural attractions to American tourists. The SaySomethinginWelsh.com Bootcamp is a week in Tresaith, Ceredigion where participants are not allowed to speak ANY English for
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The British Library in London is not the most obvious place to look for anything to do with Wales – but from this week onwards, it will play host to a new group of enthusiastic Welsh learners. They are keen to make it possible for all Welsh learners in London to practice speaking the language
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A new calendar at www.SaySomethinginWelsh.com/calendar is helping Welsh learners find out about opportunities to practise their Welsh, as well as helping people holding events in Welsh that would be suitable for learners to find a wider audience for their events. The calendar was set up by the team at www.SaySomethinginWelsh.com and anyone who wishes to
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The popular free online Welsh course SaySomethinginWelsh.com has responded to requests from learners by agreeing to run week-long residential Bootcamps. Learners who attend the Bootcamps will stay in dormitory-style accommodation and will be banned from using English for the entire week – but they will, course creators claim, reach the end of the week having
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The popular and free online Welsh course SaySomethinginWelsh.com has been given a huge boost by receiving the support of some of Wales’s best-known personalities. Lord Elis-Thomas, Presiding Officer of the National Assembly, Nick Bourne, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Helen Mary Jones, AM for Llanelli, Robin McBryde, forwards coach to the Welsh rugby team, Aled
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A new course for learning Welsh, www.SaySomethingInWelsh.com, gets rid of time wasted on reading and writing in order to help people learn to speak and understand Welsh far more quickly than is possible with traditional methods. It is based on the latest research in language learning, it is available in handy MP3 files which can
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