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National Centre for Learning Welsh and Welsh Government Conference: Describing Welsh language ability. What can we learn from the CEFR?

4 December

Croeso - welcome!

This conference will provide information about the CEFR framework and how it is used in Wales and further afield.

Where and when?

- Cardiff City Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff, CF11 8AZ

- 10.00am – 3.30pm, 4 December 2025

Programme

10.00am

Arrival and refreshments

10.30am

Opening address: Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS.

10.50am

Presentation: Dona Lewis, Chief Executive, National Centre for Learning Welsh.

11.00am

What is the CEFR? Professor Waldemar Martyniuk, an international expert in language education and assessment.

12.00pm

Lunch

1.00pm

Experiences from the Education Sector: Presentation by Professor Paula Kristmanson and a panel discussion.

1.40pm

Experiences from the Labour Market: Presentation by Professor Cecilie Hamnes Carlsen and a panel discussion.

2.20pm

Developing one clear pathway for the Learn Welsh for adults sector - curriculum, courses and research:

Helen Prosser, National Centre for Learning Welsh

Dr Emyr Davies, WJEC

Professor Steve Morris, Swansea University

2.40pm

Closing remarks 

2.45pm

Refreshments and networking

3.30pm

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To register, please complete the form below.

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Getting to Cardiff City Stadium

Car

If you’re traveling from the west or the east, please leave the M4 at Junction 33. Follow the A4232 towards Penarth. After approximately six miles, exit the A4232, following signs for Cardiff City Stadium. Please enter the stadium through the Main Entrance on Leckwith Rd (B4267). Plenty of free parking spaces are available.

Train

From Cardiff Central, please take the train to Ninian Park or Grangetown stations. It’s a five-minute walk to the stadium from Ninian Park, and a 10-minute walk from Grangetown. 

Bus

There’s a regular bus service to the Stadium from Cardiff Central Bus Station. You can take service numbers 1 and 2 (City Centre, Cardiff Bay to Sloper Road), or service numbers 95 and 95A (City Centre, Wood St. to Jubilee Park/ASDA Leckwith Road).

Contact us

If you have any questions, please e-mail office@learnwelsh.cymru