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14 August 2013 at 1:14pm | IP Logged

This has been posted before I think, but it's worth reminding people, as there seems to
be a strong interest in Celtic languages here:

BBC - learn Welsh

There is a lot of good material there.

And don't forget to tune into BBC Radio Cymru and S4C television via iPlayer (and the S4C
equivalent).
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14 August 2013 at 3:41pm | IP Logged

Bit old, but may be of interest:

Welsh Informationary
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14 August 2013 at 3:51pm | IP Logged

Looks interesting:

Learnwelshpodcast

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One free course, plus followup chargeable ones. North and South Wales versions:

Say Something in Welsh

EDIT:....Looks like you can go really hardcore with these folk:

Boot Camp

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16 August 2013 at 3:13pm | IP Logged

montmorency wrote:

One free course, plus followup chargeable ones. North and South
Wales versions:

cyen">Say Something in Welsh

EDIT:....Looks like you can go really hardcore with these folk:

bootcamp-cyen">Boot Camp

Yes. I've done the SaySomethingInWelsh courses, I've been to two immersion Bootcamps
with them, and I'm a moderator (unpaid) on the very active SaySomethingInWelsh forums.
Suffice to say I think the courses, which are all audio and focus on the spoken
colloquial language, are great. I'm happy to answer any questions.
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17 August 2013 at 9:23pm | IP Logged

Tahl wrote:

Great!

I've now started Course 1, and registered on the forum.

Cheers,
Monty, aka Mike.
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17 August 2013 at 9:28pm | IP Logged

Interesting programme on BBC Radio 3 about the status of Welsh:

The Dragon with Two Tongues

Quote:

Poet Gwyneth Lewis looks at the modern revival of the Welsh language.

Inspired by a radio lecture entitled Tynged yr Iaith (The Fate of the Language) by the playwright Saunders Lewis - which predicted the
end of Welsh as a living language if radical steps were not taken - in October 1962 a group of people approached the main bridge in
Aberystwyth and sat down on it. They refused to move, blocking traffic for several hours. It was the first action by the newly-formed
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Society) and marked the beginning of a movement of language activism and campaigning in
Wales that continues to the present day.

In the 50 years since Saunders Lewis's dire predictions, the status of the language has changed a great deal: Wales is now officially a
bilingual nation, with a growing Welsh-language education sector and relatively flourishing Welsh-language publishing, film production,
and music industries.

But while the number of Welsh speakers might be increasing, the number of organic Welsh-speaking communities is in decline.

Against this backdrop, bilingual poet Gwyneth Lewis examines this controversial modern revival of Welsh, finds out what living in a
bilingual nation really means and assesses where the language project is going.

Featuring Dafydd Elis-Thomas, David Crystal, Geraint Talfan Davies, Deian Hopkin, Joe Dunthorne, Iain Sinclair, Simon Jenkins, Patrick
McGuiness and others.

Producer: Martin Williams

I can't see whether or not that programme will "expire". Usually it is obvious if it will, so maybe that one won't.

To be honest, the tone of the programme was somewhat pessimistic.

Absolutely no room for complacency I think, on the part of those who care about the future of Welsh as a living language.

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