Welsh Courses Open Evening / Noson Agored Cyrsiau Cymraeg

Pop into our Open Evening on Wednesday the 7th of September 4pm-8pm.

 

**Enrol on the night and receive a £10 reduction on any Cardiff University £50+ course**

 

Free tea, coffee, cake and a chance to chat to our tutors.

 

Location: Humanities Building Cafe, Cardiff university, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU

 

Find your course on www.learnwelsh.co.uk

 

 

Galwch draw i'r Noson Agored ar ddydd Mercher y 7fed o Fedi 4pm-8pm.

 

**Ymrestrwch ar y noson i dderbyn gostyngiad o £10 oddi ar unrhyw gwrs Prifysgol Caerdydd £50+**

 

Dewch i sgwrsio gyda'r tiwtoriaid dros baned o de, coffi a theisen.

Lleoliad: Caffi Adeilad y Dyniaethau, Prifysgol Caerdydd, Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd CF10 3EU

 

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2011 Summer Course success and September sign up

The 2011 summer course has been a great success with over 70 learners from all over the World attending block courses on various levels over a 4 or 8 week period. As well as learning in the classroom the learners enjoyed organised trips to the Big Pit in Blaenavon, the Llanelli Wetland Centre a BBQ and many other social events.

Hannah Hillam from the Intermediate level said: ‘’I have met so many great people from different backgrounds. I’ve loved that Welsh has been the common language between the Argentineans’ and us’’

For the first time this year the Welsh for Adults Centre welcomed 10 Newly Qualified Teachers to learn Entry level Welsh. These teachers will be able to use their newly gained Welsh skills with children in their new schools from September.  

Sarah Norris said: ‘’I have enjoyed the interesting group of people in my class and the intensive nature of the classes has done a great deal for my confidence’’

The Summer course draws to a close at the end of this week however the Centre prepares to welcome the start of a new term with new Welsh courses beginning all over Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan from the 19^th of September onwards. Brand new courses include 2 week block courses and a new beginners 1 day a month course.

Current learners can brush up on their skills before the 19^th of September with special revision workshops held on Saturday the 10^th of September from 10am – 4pm for only £15.

To order a September-December 2011 prospectus contact us on 029 2087 4710 or to view online go to www.learnwelsh.co.uk

Eisteddfod Successes - Llwyddiant yn yr Eisteddfod

The School’s Eisteddfod Successes17/08/2011

There can’t be many couples who have, between them, won the National Eisteddfod Chair, Crown and Prose Medal. But that’s the claim Cardiff husband and wife T James Jones and Manon Rhys can now make.

T James (or ‘Jim’) Jones, an Associate Lecturer at the School of Welsh, made Eisteddfod history four years ago when he added the Bardic Chair to the two Bardic Crowns he won in 1986 and1988.

Now his wife Manon, a former lecturer at the School,, has added to the family trophy collection by winning the Prose Medal at this year’s Eisteddfod in Wrexham. Just to keep it in the family, Jim, the present Archdruid of Wales, presented her with the Medal.

School of Welsh graduate Rhys Iorwerth followed in Jim’s footsteps as this year’s winner of the Bardic Chair. Rhys Iorwerth won the Chair for his series of nine poems telling a modern urban love story, written in the strict cynghanedd metre form. The series traces the story from its beginnings, through separation, to a possible rekindling. Rhys, who has a BA and an MA from the School of Welsh and now works in the National Assembly’s Research Service, was praised by the judges for "his emotional subtlety, conveyed in brilliant instinctive cynghanedd which crackles and lights up the sky like fireworks."

Other Cardiff successes included Llŷr Gwyn Lewis, a Cardiff graduate now studying for a PhD in Cardiff’s School of Welsh and the School of English, Communication and Philosophy, who won the Emyr Feddyg Scholarship awarded to an author whose work has not been published hitherto: the £1,000 scholarship will pay for tutoring to help Llŷr complete his first novel.. Llŷr also won the first prize for a poem in vers libre.

The Aberhafren team won the final round of Talwrn y Beirdd, the poetry competition broadcast on Radio Cymru. The team includes Llion Pryderi Roberts, the Creative Writing tutor at the School of Welsh, and Ifan Pleming and Rhys Iorwerth, both former students of the School. The final round against the Taeogion team (which includes Emyr Davies, Ceri Wyn Jones and Tudur Dylan Jones) was recorded in the Literary Pavilion. It was an exciting and close fought competition with Aberhafren winning by half a mark!

The 2011 Learner of the Year Prize went to Kay Holder, a student at the School of Welsh’s Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre. Originally from Penarth, Kay now lives in Dinas Powys. Her interest in Welsh language and culture was sparked at the 2008 Eisteddfod, held in Cardiff.

Professor Sioned Davies, Head of the School of Welsh, said: "We are all delighted with the School’s success at this year’s Eisteddfod. Creative writing, taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, is an acknowledged strength within the School, while the Learner of the Year Award reflects the excellent work being undertaken by our Welsh for Adults Centre. We have certainly set the bar high for next year’s National Eisteddfod which will be held locally, in the Vale of Glamorgan."

Llwyddiant i’r Ysgol yn yr Eisteddfod 17/08/2011

Go brin fod llawer o barau wedi ennill Cadair, Coron a Medal Ryddiaith yr Eisteddfod rhyngddynt. Fodd bynnag, mae T James Jones a’i wraig Manon Rhys o Gaerdydd yn un ohonynt.

Mae T James (neu ‘Jim’) Jones yn Ddarlithydd Cyswllt yn Ysgol y Gymraeg ac fe greodd hanes yn yr Eisteddfod bedair blynedd yn ôl pan ychwanegodd y Gadair at y ddwy Goron a enillodd ym 1986 a 1988.

Erbyn hyn, mae ei wraig Manon, sy’n gyn ddarlithydd yn yr Ysgol, wedi ychwanegu at restr dlysau’r teulu drwy ennill y Fedal Ryddiaith yn Eisteddfod eleni yn Wrecsam. Er mwyn ei wneud yn achlysur teuluol, Jim, sef Archdderwydd Cymru, a gyflwynodd y Fedal iddi.

Ar ben hynny, efelychodd un o raddedigion yr Ysgol, Rhys Iorwerth, gamp Jim drwy ennill y Gadair eleni. Enillodd Rhys Iorwerth y Gadair am ei gyfres o naw cerdd sy’n adrodd stori garu fodern a dinesig ar ffurf cynghanedd gaeth. Enillodd Rhys raddau BA ac MA yn Ysgol y Gymraeg ac mae’n gweithio yng Ngwasanaeth Ymchwil y Cynulliad erbyn hyn.

Mae llwyddiannau eraill Caerdydd yn cynnwys Llŷr Gwyn Lewis, a raddiodd yng Nghaerdydd ac sydd bellach yn astudio ar gyfer PhD yn Ysgol y Gymraeg Caerdydd a’r Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth. Enillodd Ysgoloriaeth Emyr Feddyg - sy’n cael ei roi i awdur sydd heb gyhoeddi ei waith eto: bydd yr ysgoloriaeth £1,000 yn talu am diwtora er mwyn cynorthwyo Llŷr i gyflawni ei nofel gyntaf. Enillodd Llŷr hefyd y wobr gyntaf am gerdd mewn vers libre.

Enillodd tîm Aberhafren rownd derfynol y Talwrn, yr ornest farddol a ddarlledir ar Radio Cymru. Mae tîm Aberhafren yn cynnwys Llion Pryderi Roberts sy’n diwtor Ysgrifennu Creadigol yn Ysgol y Gymareg, ynghyd ag Ifan Pleming a’r Prifardd Rhys Iorwerth, ill dau’n gyn-fyfyrwyr yr Ysgol. Recordiwyd y rownd derfynol yn erbyn tîm y Taeogion (sy’n cynnwys Emyr Davies, Y Prifardd Ceri Wyn Jones a’r Prifardd Tudur Dylan Jones) yn y Babell Lên. Roedd yn ornest ddifyr a chlos gydag Aberhafren yn ennill o hanner marc!

Aeth Gwobr Dysgwr y Flwyddyn 2011 i Kay Holder, sy’n fyfyrwraig yng Nghanolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion Caerdydd a’r Fro, Ysgol y Gymraeg, Prifysgol Caerdydd. Mae Kay yn dod o Benarth yn wreiddiol ac mae’n byw yn Ninas Powys erbyn hyn. Yr Eisteddfod yn 2008 yng Nghaerdydd a fagodd ei diddordeb yn y Gymraeg a diwylliant Cymru.

Dywedodd yr Athro Sioned Davies, Pennaeth Ysgol y Gymraeg: "Rydym yn hynod falch o lwyddiant yr Ysgol yn yr Eisteddfod eleni. Mae ysgrifennu creadigol, sy’n cael ei addysgu ar lefel israddedig a lefel ôl-raddedig, yn gryfder a gydnabyddir yn yr Ysgol; ar yr un pryd, mae Gwobr Dysgwr y Flwyddyn yn adlewyrchu’r gwaith rhagorol sy’n cael ei wneud gan ein Canolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion. Yn sicr rydym wedi gosod y safon ar gyfer Eisteddfod Genedlaethol y flwyddyn nesaf a gynhelir yn lleol, ym Mro Morgannwg."

Kay Holder Learner of the Year / Dysgwr y Flwyddyn 2011

Kay Holder wedi ei enwi fel Dysgwr y Flwyddyn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Wrecsam!

Neithiwr fe gipiodd Kay Holder o Ddinas Powys wobr Dysgwr y Flwyddyn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Wrecsam 2011.

Roedd tri arall ar y rhestr fer eleni, Cat Dafydd, Neil Wyn Jones a Sarah Roberts, ond penderfynodd y beirniaid, Dafydd Griffiths, Helen Prosser a Dyfed Thomas mai Kay Holder ddaeth i'r brig.

Roedd 21 o bobl wedi cystadlu am y fraint o ennill y wobr, gyda cheisiadau o bob cwr o Gymru a thu hwnt.

 

Dywedodd Elfed Roberts, Prif Weithredwr yr Eisteddfod, wedi'r seremoni yn Neuadd Goffa Wrecsam: "Roedd safon y cystadlu eleni'n uchel iawn, ac mae'n amlwg bod Kay wedi gwneud argraff arbennig ar y beirniaid i ennill gwobr Dysgwr y Flwyddyn eleni.

 

Mae Kay wedi bod yn dysgu Cymraeg ar lefel hyfedredd gyda Chanolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg eleni. Yn wreiddiol o Benarth, mae Kay'n parhau i fyw ym Mro Morgannwg yn Ninas Powys.  Mae Kay yn gweithio fel tiwtor preifat Sbaeneg, Ffrangeg ac Almaeneg. Dechreuodd ddysgu Cymraeg yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Caerdydd a'r Cylch 2008, ac mae'n rhan o'r trefniadau ar gyfer yr Eisteddfod ym Mro Morgannwg y flwyddyn nesaf.

Dywed Kay: "es i'r i ddarganfod iaith, byd a diwylliant newydd. Dechreuais i ddysgu'r delyn ar Faes yr Eisteddfod yng Nghaerdydd hefyd, ac erbyn hyn rydw i wedi sefyll arholiad Gradd 3. Felly, newidiodd yr Eisteddfod a'r iaith fy mywyd!"

Dechreuodd Kay ddysgu Cymraeg drwy lyfrau wrth fyw yn Lloegr, ac yna symudodd yn ôl i Gymru ac mae'n mynychu dosbarthiadau Gloywi a Siawns am Sgwrs 4 gyda Canolfan Cymraeg Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg ers mis Hydref.

 

Llongyfarchiadau mawr i Kay!

 

Kay Holder named Learner of the Year at the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham!

Last night Kay Holder from Dinas Powys was awarded the 2011 Learner of the Year in the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham.

The Welsh Learner of the Year competition is open to any adult who has learned Welsh. The finalists are chosen by a panel of judges and during the Eisteddfod week, they take part in a question and answer session at Maes D before going on to the final round of the competition.

There were another three on the short list this year, Cat Dafydd from Caerphilly, Neil Wyn Jones from West Kirby and Sarah Roberts from Bangor.

Twenty one people applied this year, and adjudicators had a tough time whittling it down to the final four.

Kay Holder has been learning Welsh at proficiency level with the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre this year. Kay Holder is a real linguist and works as a private tutor in Spanish, French and German. Originally from Penarth, Kay lives in Dinas Powys. She started learning Welsh at the Cardiff and District National Eisteddfod in 2008, and the festival had a great effect on her, as she is now part of the preparations for the 2012 Eisteddfod in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Kay said, “I’m a vegan and I attended the Eisteddfod to promote veganism, and discovered a new language, culture and world. I also started learning the harp at the Eisteddfod in Cardiff and have already completed the Grade 3 exam. So the Eisteddfod changed my life!”

Kay started learning Welsh through books when living in England, and after returning to Wales she has been attending refresher courses and Siawns am Sgwrs 4 since October.

Congratulations to Kay!