Welsh: Challenges and Rewards of Learning a “Minoritised” Language - Dr Gareth Popkins

Welsh General / Questions
#1

An interesting talk from the Polyglot gathering in Berlin earlier in the year.

Someone on the HTLAL forum sent me the link.

From the video description:

Published on 1 Sep 2014
Welsh is spoken by about 500,000 people in Wales or
20% of the population, has a literary tradition stretching back over
1000 years, a vibrant music scene and good presence on the web.
Yet even though Welsh has an expanding role in education,
government, the courts and business, the battle for “normalisation”
is still far from complete.

Make sure you follow Gareth at http://howtogetfluent.com

(I haven’t looked at the website so far, but I imagine it would be interesting).

#2

I’ve just had a look, and it’s looking rather bare at the moment, with only reports on his Basque challenge. I should imagine he will add more stuff over time if he keeps at it…

#3

oops, I see what you mean Gavin. Ah well - work in progress.

I notice that quite a few videos from the Polyglot Gathering have appeared recently (most not about Welsh, it has to be said):

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_8BR59zKgBzeWPxFtmHSwA/videos

#4

Thanks for the post Mikeellwood. Faithless78 is right, more stuff to come on howtogetfluent.com Just back from the Polyglot Conference (similar to the Gathering) in Novi Sad on which I will be reporting soon. GP.

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#5

Da iawn i ti Gareth!

#6

Really enjoyed his talk which was very informative in the little time he had. 10/10 :clap:
One guy from Argentina, Gaby, I think - he of the Spanish course - gives SSIW a boost at the end.

#7

Henffych, Gareth! Braf iawn dy weld di ar y fforwm - sori na chaethon ni fwy o amser i gymdeithasu yng Nghaeredin…

#8

Wel, oedd hynnu’n diddorol. Don i ddim yn gwybod bod geiriau cyfrifiadur…

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Please feel free to correct my mistakes

#9

S’mae, pawb? Dwi wedi sgrifennu am y Gymraeg o’r diwedd. Rhagor i ddod yn 2017 :slight_smile: I’ve finally posted about Welsh on howtogetfluent.com…look out for more in 2017 10 reasons to learn Welsh

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#10

A new (I think …) and interesting post from Dr Popkin
https://howtogetfluent.com/is-welsh-hard-to-learn/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

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#11

Diolch am ranni, John! Dr P.

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