2017 - 2021
Licencjat - Welsh (for Beginners)Bangor UniversityAlong this path, Welsh-medium teaching increases gradually as your skills develop, and special modules are designed to facilitate 'crossing the bridge' from learner to enterprising speaker with a degree in Welsh.
I was the guinea pig on this course as I signed up for it on its year of release. It was indeed an extraordinay endeavor to learn the language to a high enough standard within a year to then face the real challenge of Welsh lectures with 1st language students and Welsh esssays.
2024 - 2025
Magisterium - Welsh PGCEBangor UniversityTrained in the Curriculum for Wales:
One of the most distinctive principles relates to error-making. Second language learners may use formulaic language with few mistakes initially, but as they progress and become more ambitious and spontaneous in their use of language, they may appear to make more mistakes. This is described as an intrinsic part of successful language learning that leads to becoming more fluent and accurate language
2021 - 2023
Magisterium - Welsh: Language & LiteratureBangor UniversityAn exciting opportunity to study various aspects of the language and its literature through the medium of Welsh – from the early heroic poetry of Aneirin to 21st-century literature.
Rather than followiung a typical degree in literature, my thesis was more of a sociological study on the difficulties Welsh learners' face while trying learn the language and how the response by members of the Welsh community can play a key role in learners' success or failure.