Hi all
It was almost emotional as I finished lesson 26 of old course 1! That was as far as I originally intended to go - but Welsh has somewhat taken over my life 
so on we go.
I want to subscribe and support SSIW after the progress I made on the old course. So, do I just segue into new course 2, or is it not that simple? I would rather not start from the very beginning, as I only get through around two lessons a week due to often having to repeat them, plus Iâm also working on my Welsh in other ways, TV, radio, Duo, reading, etc. Anyone know both courses?
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The content of the old course and new course are actually quite different. Level 2 of the new course will assume that youâve learnt things which werenât necessarily taught by Level 1 of the old course.
I would have recommended starting with the new course first, but as youâve started with the old one instead, itâs probably best to stick with that. I think bouncing back and forth between old and new would limit the benefits of either, by putting you up against material thatâs inconsistent with what youâve been learning.
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Thanks Alan. I can see your point, it wouldnât matter so much with new input but when asked to remember something you didnât hear at all in Level 1 would be quite frustrating.
First of all: well done for finishing the first Course!
As for how to go on from there, I would suggest to go for the new course, from level one.
The reason being that be new course is way more efficient (I cannot remember all details, but if you search in the forum you can find more about how it is based on various studies about learning).
And if youâve done the old course, itâs going to be easier - as youâll find something familiar -so I would expect you to go be able to go faster
But thereâs also a lot that you havenât seen in the old course and as itâs been noted before, it will be part of Level 2 and 3. So it works better if you start from Lesson one
I donât think youâre going to find it boring, as itâs quite different and also it feels so good when you find something you already know and the sentence just flowsâŚyessss! 
Just my opinion, anyway, and you may as well just try the first lessons, see how it goes and then decide! Pob lwc!
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I would agree with @gisella-albertini Bob. Youâll find that you can fly through a lot of Level 1, but there will be other things quite new to you, or presented in a different way which will get you using the Welsh you know already combined with the new material. I donât think it will be boring at all, and it will give you a good springboard into Level 2.
Da iawn ti!
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Well since Iâm in no rush to reach any arbitrary level, thereâs no harm in going from the beginning again, itâll feel like being the best student in the class. For a while 
To be honest the old course has been so much fun it wonât be a chore starting again. And I might finally get my tongue around âna fyddi, fyddi di ddim ynâŚâ - I gave up trying last time!
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Iâm just about to finish Duolingo, having done the new Say Something in Welsh course beforehand. Iâve also been doing the old SSiW course as a bit of revision, with the chance to expand my knowledge as it includes material not covered by the new course. SSiW is definitely the way to go, but for me Duolingo has served its purpose in expanding my vocabulary. Itâs all going to be about conversation classes, Welsh TV and radio (plus the advanced SSiW material) from now on.
The old and new courses overlap in places, but are also very different in parts. I think youâre best starting with the new SSiW course from level 1, as itâs designed to get you speaking.
Having done the old course level one, plus Duolingo, youâll fly through a lot of it, particularly the early challenges, but itâll be a good form of consolidation before moving on.
I wouldnât worry about finding it too repetitive or easy, as itâll still challenge your brain and get you manipulating new material as well as stuff you have learnt previously.
Then you can always do the old course levels 2 and 3 afterwards if you wish.
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I did the old courses after doing the new - I can no longer remember in quite what sequence, but I may well have done Old 1 after Iâd already finished New 2. Given the amount of repetition built into them, and the fact that Iâd covered a lot, but not all, of the same ground already, I actually did something like every second lesson instead of every single one, and found I just about kept my head above water that way.
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Ok, diolch! Well thatâs settled then, Iâm going to run through one or two of the old vocabulary lessons then get stuck into New 1.
Should the beginning of New 1 be a bit below my current level, Iâll progress pretty quickly as the time-consuming part of Old 1, for me, was having to re-do lessons once and sometimes twice (Iâm looking at you, Na fyddi, fyddi di ddimâŚ), so rather than skip the early ones Iâll hopefully just fly through one a day. Looking forward to it!
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Helo!
As per the thread, I decided to sign up and begin the new course from Level 1 Challenge 1 
Having done that, my confirmation email tells me Iâve signed up for â6 minutes a dayâ.
Is this right, or have I clicked on the wrong course? Iâve just checked my phone app, and the New Course challenges are downloading, so Iâm good to go, right?
Yes, youâre in the right place. The new course is called â6 minutes a dayâ to encourage a âminimum chunkâ, but you donât have to stick to just 6 minutes if you want to go faster. Youâre good to go!
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Ah diolch! FfĂŽw
Hoping to make some fairly rapid progress on the earlier challenges, having done the old course 1, but famous last wordsâŚ!
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Just to update in case anyone else is facing a similar decision:
Iâm just finishing challenge 3 of the new course. Iâd say it was only challenge 1 that felt on the âtoo easyâ side, but the rest has been keeping me busy and making mistakes. Kudos to anyone whoâs done the new course from 0!
Thanks for all the advice, onwards and upwards!
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Da iawn ti! Weâll have to try to arrange another Welsh meetup before the end of the year! At a time when Begotxu can come along too.
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Da iawn Robert, the old course is very good too, Iâm on level 1, lesson 12, loads of new vocab and content
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Diolch Deborah! Yes, that would be lovely! Hopefully Iâll have improved a bit since the last one
@stephen-22 Diolch! Yes, Iâve used other resources in parallel but the old course has been the cornerstone as it gave me the confidence to open my mouth and hope some Welsh came out!
I feel like the speaking gaps are shorter in the new course 
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