Welsh for Parents - A Learner's Handbook

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Dyma lyfr canllaw unigryw gan awdur y cwrs poblogaidd Welsh for Parents , a anelwyd at rieni, teidiau a neiniau plant sydd mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg. Y bwriad yw y caiff y llawlyfr ei gadw, nid ar y silff lyfrau ond ar fwrdd y gegin er mwyn i'r esiamplau a gyflwynir fod o gymorth a chefnogaeth o ddydd i ddydd wrth i'r teulu cyfan ddysgu Cymraeg gyda'i gilydd.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

A unique handbook by Lisa Jones, author of the popular and successful Welsh for Parents course. Aimed at parents and grandparents of children in Welsh medium schools, it is intended that it will not be kept on the bookshelf, but on the kitchen table so that the examples presented will be of daily help and support as the whole family learn Welsh together.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Arbenigwraig iaith yw Lisa, sydd ei hun wedi dysgu Cymraeg er mwyn rhoi’r iaith yn ôl i’w theulu. Ar ôl dysgu Cymraeg i Oedolion yng Ngholeg Gwent am dair blynedd dechreuodd hi redeg gwersi teilwredig i rieni. Mae Lisa nawr yn cyfuno gwaith achlysurol yn Llundain fel Hyffordwraig Cyswllt i Canning (yn dysgu Saesneg i bobl fusnes) â gwaith gwirfoddol i’w chymuned yn Aberhonddu, ble mae hi’n cynllunio a darparu gwersi Cymraeg sy’n cael eu teilwra ar gyfer rhieni ar y cyd gydag Ysgol y Bannau. Mae Lisa hefyd wedi defynuddio ei phrofiad o ddysgu ieithoedd gwahanol ei hun dros y blynyddoedd i ysgrifennu’r CDs. Astudiodd Lisa Almaeneg, Sbaeneg a Ffrangeg yn y coleg ac roedd hi’n byw yn yr Eidal am flwyddyn cyn dechrau dysgu Cymraeg.

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Lisa Jones is an applied linguist. Before she had children she worked full-time for Canning, where she designed and taught highly tailored English courses to a wide variety of foreign business people. When her first child was one she moved to Wales, where she started to learn Welsh from scratch. After studying at the University of Glamorgan and teaching for 3 years at Coleg Gwent (helping other learners through the first three Welsh for Adults exams – Mynediad, Sylfaen and Canolradd) she started running classes for parents at her children’s Welsh-speaking primary school in order to raise money for school funds. She now combines occasional work as an Associate Canning Trainer in London with voluntary work for her community. Lisa lives near Brecon.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Mae’r llawlyfr wedi ei anelu at rieni a mam-guod a tad-cuod/neiniau a theidiau sydd â phlant mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg. Y bwriad yw y bydd yn cael ei gadw oddi ar y silff lyfrau ac ar fwrdd y gegin er mwyn i’r esiamplau y mae’n ei gynnwys fod o gymorth bob dydd. Mae’n llyfr ymarferol iawn sy’n llawn cyfarwyddyd ar sut i wneud pethau e.e. ysgrifennu cardiau pen-blwydd/ gwahoddiadau parti/ llythyron i’r ysgol/ ffonio’r ysgol i esbonio absenoldeb. Mae’n dilyn côd lliw cylchgrawn Lingo Newydd i ddysgwyr i’w helpu i weld pa lefel fyddai’n gweddu orau – mynediad/ sylfaen/ canol-radd. Fel dysgwraig, rhiant ac athrawes ei hun roedd Lisa Jones yn teimlo bod rhai llyfrau i ddysgwyr yn llawn hen esiamplau nad oeddent yn gyfredol heddiw.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Part One of this spiral-bound reference book contains examples to give parents the confidence to help their children with valuable early writing practice in Welsh at home: party invitations, birthday cards and Christmas cards. It gives you examples of how to respond to party invites in Welsh and talk about presents with your child and other parents. Part One also helps you to phone or write to the school about an absence or collection arrangements. There are examples of thank-you letters to teachers and language to help you show your appreciation about a concert, Christmas play or an assembly. Part Two follows the year with key vocabulary for each season. There are examples of letters to Father Christmas and a variety of Christmas cards for family, teachers and friends. There is key vocabulary from the Christmas story and Christmas craft. Part Two then moves through the year: Santes Dwynwen, St David’s Day, eisteddfodau, Easter and Lent, summer and autumn vocabulary, Halloween and Bonfire Night. There is a section on expressing your delight at your child’s artwork. Part Three contains other useful reference items: The National Anthem, the Lord’s Prayer, talking about colours, shapes and helping your child to count. The language in this handbook comes from Lisa’s own experience learning Welsh and speaking it with her children. It includes the Welsh she learnt in other people’s kitchens, the Welsh she learnt as a helper in her local Welsh-speaking playgroup and from years of tailoring classes for parents, following what the children were doing (e.g. school assemblies and at playgroup). The handbook has been aimed towards parents and grandparents with children that attend a Welsh medium school. The author hopes that this book will be kept on the kitchen table rather than on a bookshelf so that the everyday examples listed in the book can be used. It’s a practical book, full of useful guidance on how to go about writing birthday cards in Welsh, invitations to a party, letter to the school and phrases to help parents when they need to ring the school and explain a child’s absence. The book follows the colour codes used in the Lingo Newydd magazine, so that learners can clearly see which level would better suit their needs. Lisa is a learner, parent and teacher and she felt that the Welsh learner books available were full of old examples that were not suited for modern day living.