National Centre for Learning Welsh and Welsh Government Conference: Describing Welsh language ability. What can we learn from the CEFR?
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
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10.00am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
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10.30am |
Welcome |
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Opening remarks: Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS. |
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10.50am |
Introduction to the conference: Dona Lewis, Chief Executive, National Centre for Learning Welsh. |
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11.00am |
What is the CEFR? Professor Waldemar Martyniuk, an international expert in language education and assessment. |
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12.00pm |
Lunch |
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1.00pm |
Use of the CEFR in education: Presentation by Professor Paula Kristmanson and a panel discussion. |
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1.40pm |
Use of the CEFR in workplaces: Presentation by Professor Cecilie Hamnes Carlsen and a panel discussion. |
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2.20pm |
Using the CEFR in the Welsh for Adults curriculum and an outline of research projects to support the work: Helen Prosser, National Centre for Learning Welsh Dr Emyr Davies, WJEC Professor Steve Morris, Swansea University |
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2.40pm |
Closing remarks |
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2.45pm |
Tea/coffee and networking |
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3.30pm |
Close |
Register
To register, please complete the form below.
Registration form
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).