I understand but just to confirm it wasnt a ciricticm just an observation. I think the course is a revelation and I so would have welcomed something similar when I started learning in the mid eighties. The closest was Catchphrase on BBC Wales for 5 minutes 5 evenings a week and a 30 minute magazine and consolodation on Sundays. It started with the learners being a father and son from Cardiff and ran for three years before the format changed whereby a celebrity became the learner. I think I still have 100 cassette tape recordings which I did diligently every week, trouble is no cassette player now!
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And a big thankyou for the link!
I listened to a lot of those as well.
For a long time, at least some of the audio was available on the BBC website. Iâm not sure if there is much, if any, left now, although I have a feeling the text may still be there.
Actually, if you search this forum for âBBC Catchphraseâ, you might find some interesting links.
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Very common for children outside of where a language wont be bothered.
Especially in places outside of Cymru , you need to give your kids a deep family context as to why you are using Welsh. For example your surname Hughes is about as Welsh surnamed as it gets (ap Huw original) ⌠other more selfish reasons can help (i.e. learning language is good for your brain etc)
To give another perspective, I grew up speaking Italian and English at home and I do the same with my children (living in England, speaking as much Italian as possible). My daughter went through a phase, when young, of telling me to speak English. She used to reply solely in English (it has begun to change recently).
I told her âYou can speak to me in the language you want but you donât get to tell me what language I can speak to you. I speak Italian because I grew up that way and I want to hear it.â And that policy of âanyone may speak whichever language they like in our houseâ has remained - and I have not been told to speak English for years.
Donât worry about persuading your children to speak another language, just make it a thing you do. Even if they reply in English, they will hear you and will learn to understand, and thatâs a gift you can give them.
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@julia-treen that is a fantastic way to deal with the issue, and I wish Iâd thought of it when my children were small and very stubborn!
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