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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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 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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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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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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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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