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Enjoy your Welsh

  • Alongside our popular Learn Welsh courses, which include free online taster courses, you can enjoy using your Welsh by taking part in a range of informal learning opportunities.

  • Your local course provider will hold different activities, from coffee mornings and book clubs, to quizzes, gigs, and competitions.

  • You can also use Duolingo and SaySomethinWelsh to support your learning.

 

enjoy your welsh

Listening and watching

  • You can enjoy your Welsh by watching S4C or listening to BBC Radio Cymru.

  • S4C has an online channel for learners, and you can use English subtitles or simplified Welsh subtitles.  You can also enjoy a range of box sets.  

  • BBC Radio Cymru has a weekly podcast called 'Pigion', which is suitable for experienced learners. Other podcasts are available at Y Pod

Music

  • If you’re a music fan, check out Dydd Miwsig Cymru, the annual celebration of Welsh-language music.

  • Why not listen to these Welsh tracks on Spotify or tune in to Radio Cymru? 

  • You can also enjoy these gigs with Dafydd Iwan, Gwyneth Glyn and Robat Arwyn.  

Reading

  • You can enjoy reading news items, features and interviews on BBC Cymru Fyw and Golwg360 (use the VOCAB button for English translations). 

  • You can learn more about our Amdani Festival of Reading, see the popular books in the Amdani series and read our Hwyl yr Haf and Hwyl y Nadolig magazines by selecting the next link - Reading | Learn Welsh.

 

 

Amdani
The 'Amdani' books are available at five learning levels.  You can buy them in Welsh bookshops and on gwales.com
Lingo newydd
Lingo Newydd is a magazine for Welsh learners, with easy-to-read articles, features, news and vocab lists.  You can also read articles online at Lingo 360.

'Siarad' (the Welsh word for 'speak') is a voluntary scheme that brings Welsh speakers and learners at Intermediate+ levels together for 10 hours of informal practise. The aim is to help build learners' confidence and introduce them to opportunities to use their Welsh locally.

Mentrau Iaith – language initiatives

There are 22 'Mentrau Iaith' (language initiatives) across Wales, promoting the use of Welsh within communities.  They organise family events, sporting activities, and festivals such as Tafwyl, all through the medium of Welsh.  Find your local Menter.

The National Eisteddfod

  • The National Eisteddfod is a week-long celebration of Welsh culture and language, held each August, alternating between north and south Wales.  

  • It’s an inclusive, welcoming festival which attracts thousands of Welsh learners every year with its ‘Maes D’ (Welsh learners' village)

  • One of the highlights is the ‘Dysgwr y Flwyddyn' competition (Welsh Learner of the Year), which rewards a learner who has made a special effort to use the Welsh language. 

Urdd Gobaith Cymru

  • Urdd Gobaith Cymru is a national youth organisation, established in 1922, which delivers opportunities and experiences through the medium of Welsh for children and young people.

  • The Urdd runs three residential camps, children's magazines and sport and other apprenticeships, and holds an annual eisteddfod of its own.

  • Are you aged 19-25?  The Urdd Eisteddfod honours a young Welsh learner each year with its ‘Medal Bobi Jones.' 

Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru

Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru produces Welsh-language drama. Pre-show talks for Welsh learners are often held before a performance, and the Sibrwd app offers a live audio translation for non-Welsh speakers and Welsh beginners.

Welsh centres, societies and Merched y Wawr

  • There are Welsh language hubs such as Saith Seren in Wrexham, Tŷ Tawe in Swansea, Theatr Soar in Merthyr Tydfil, and the Atom in Carmarthen, which organise dramas, gigs, lectures and many more social activities.

  • Why not join Merched y Wawr?  Merched y Wawr is a movement for women of all ages and Welsh learners are particularly welcome.

  • You can find a list of Welsh societies on Y Lolfa's Welsh Directory.
Merched y Wawr