Schools can teach Welsh, but can they create lifelong speakers? New research suggests the answer is more complicated than policy assumes.
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By listening more closely to the interests and goals of young people in schools, we can start to provide the language teaching they want.
Pobol y Cwm revolves around the lives of people in the fictional Welsh village of Cwmderi.
The National Eisteddfod was inspired by druidic rituals and medieval court festivals.
Wales has a rich musical heritage, and the next generation is ready to take centre stage.
Bard Hedd Wyn was killed in action in France in 1917.
The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
Nos Galan Gaeaf on October 31 in Wales is steeped in folklore and tradition.
Media accounts on endangered languages abound, but they don’t always explore how to materially help native speakers. Peer-reviewed research shows that such efforts don’t always have positive effects.
Cranogwen was a trailblazer who challenged expectations of women during the Victorian era.
The mountain range in south Wales is now officially only known by its native Welsh-language name
Welsh language heist drama, Dal y Mellt, is being streamed on Netflix with the title, Rough Cut.
The BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting in Wales.
Welsh place names often reflect local legends, fauna and topography. The coining of English names to replace them has sparked an ongoing campaign to protect them.
Britain may have ditched the Roman calendar in 1752 but Cwm Gwaun continues to cling on to its old traditions.
He was an important philosopher, mathematician and social reformer of his time. But Richard Price was subsequently written out of history.
There are many benefits to being bilingual.
School is a key location for young people to learn and speak Welsh.
Speakers of minority languages (like Welsh) often insert words from a majority language (like English) while speaking.
The title was last held by a Welshman in the 1400s.
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