Noswaith dda! Rhosyn dw i. Dw i’n byw yn Milton Keynes ond dw i’n dod o Aberystwyth. Wnes i mynd i ysgol Saesneg yn Shropshire, Lloegr.
O’n i eisiau dysgu Gymraeg yn ysgol ond o’n i ddim yn medru. Dw i’n wedi gorffen Cwrs un, Gwers saith heno. Diolch yn fawr iawn am SSiW!
Okay. That is almost the extend of my Welsh from spending a lot of my early years in and around Gogedd/De Cymru (Aberaeron/Synod Inn… agos i fferm Goyffos, a Pwllheli/Abersoch).
Gwers chwech seemed fine to me and I refused to use pause on gwers saith. I think there was a noticable difference in performance, as the pressure to reply with something increased my recall a bit; it was a nice surprise to see I hadn’t lost 2 hours from repeated pauses and minutes of thinking.
So, I think I now understand the ‘Embrace mistakes and just say something’ concept. It was difficult to start with but things have started falling into place.
Croeso i’r fforwm Rhosyn! I am glad that you are enjoying the course. Its great to hear about other learners’ progress, a real inspiration. If you have any questions, do not hestiate to post on here, as there is lots of help available, especially when things get tough, which they do for everyone.
If you can do that and live with the mistakes, it’ll have a hugely positive effect on your learning (you might find some of the stuff about high intensity on the blog interesting on that front: https://saysomethingin.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/high-intensity/).
Well done for getting off to a great start, and I’ll look forward to hearing how it goes for you over the coming months
Ahhh I remember this being tweeted! At the time I did and and didn’t understand it very well but on my second reading it certainly re-inforces what I’ve noticed in the last 7 lessons and daily practice.
I suspect years of intertwined listening to native speakers, watching Sianel Pedwar Cymru and Radio Cymru have contributed; the speaking practice from today (post gwers saith) was actually a breeze. Lots right, some wrong, no pressure at all.
Wnes i’n dysgu Cymraeg yn gyflym iawn! Diolch yn fawr; peint o gwrw ar gyfer SSiW
Dw i’n wedi gorffen gwers wyth ac wnes i ddim yn aros unwaith!
The difference between heddiw, ddoe, ac yr wythnos ddiwethaf is huge. Many of my answers were on time, just some mistakes and blank moments. Dw i ddim wedi blino a hapus iawn!
With such a striking difference and feeling of accomplishment (rather than “where has my time gone!”), I am absolutely, never, ever, using the pause button again!
Mistakes are indeed good, but some people will need the pause button, at least to begin with, and especially perhaps on intensive sessions, so pausing is not actually bad. But if you can stand the initial pain of going without it, it can prove valuable to forgo using it.
Yw hynny “congratulations” yn Gymraeg? Diolch! Beth ydy “pause” yn Gymraeg; yn saib?
Yn wers un i gwers tri, wnes i drio dweud rhywbeth ond yn wers pedwar i gwers chwech, I paused possibly far too much trying to perfect things. Yn wers saith a gwers wyth, after reading Aran’s link, I refused to pause. Dw i’n hapusach as a result!
(Mae’n ddrwg gen i am siarad Cymraeg a Saesneg ynghyd, for anyone lost by it)
From recent discussions (somewhere or other, can’t quite remember), I get the impression that not only is this not a bad thing, it can be a positively good thing … keep the sentence / phrase/ conversation moving, sort of thing.
Cwningen…If you feel like a beint o gwrw ar SSiW yn Milton Keynes, why not join us at the monthly meet-up; 6pm on the last Thursday of every month at the Swan in Woughton-on-the-Green! Gobeithio weld i ti yno! One member, I know, went to school in Aberaeron and I know it quite well! He could be your long lost best friend!
Hwyl! Jan
Good piece of philosophy there I think.