Welsh language resources

After completing the assessment, the next step for someone who is interested in improving their Welsh is to register for one of our free Camau Welsh language courses, which have been created especially for social care workers and offer flexible, online learning.

You can find out more about our Camau courses on the Learn Welsh website.

• Camau courses are ‘Work Welsh courses’ which are bespoke for early years and childcare sector.
• CWLWM resources will help with the learning contents of the Camau courses.
• The aim of Clubs Welsh Promise (with the hands-on support of Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs Childcare Business Development Officers) is to support your setting from the first step (Bronze) through to the final step (Gold).

Work Welsh is a free online course for beginners that’s tailored to people working in care. It covers topics such as how to have an initial face-to-face conversation in Welsh with the people you care for.

Camau | Learn Welsh by The National Centre for Learning Welsh, is a fully funded online self-study course for beginners,

Sgiliaith (Grwp Llandrillo Menai) offers practical advice about good practice, staff training and resources to improve learners' bilingual skills and experiences.

Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offers scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate students to study higher education courses through the medium of Welsh. It has resources to support learners who have little or no Welsh skills with the new CCPLD and HSC qualifications. It also offers 'Prentis-iaith' courses for apprentices who have little or no Welsh language skills, and apprentices can complete part of their HSC/CCPLD qualification in Welsh.

Iaith Gwaith (working Welsh) scheme and the orange speech bubble badge is used to show if a person can speak Welsh.

Clwb Cwtsh

Clwb Cwtsh is a resource that introduces parents and carers to Welsh vocabulary they can use with children.

• Watch this video on Mudiad Meithrin's YouTube channel to learn more.

Here are some Welsh language apps for learning, available on both IOS and Android.

• Beginners Welsh – created by Aberystwyth University
• Caring in Welsh App.

If you're looking for a translator or interpreter service, visit the Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru's website for a list and details of competent translators and interpreters.

Here are some Welsh online dictionaries to help you learn enhance your vocabulary:

• Gweiadur
• Geiriadur yr Academi
• Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru
• Geiriadur – University of Wale, Trinity St David
• Y Termiadur Addysg.

Termau is an English to Welsh and Welsh to English terminology portal.

Cysgliad is a software package with two programmes. Cysill identifies and corrects language errors in your Welsh language documents and Cysgeir is an electronic dictionary.

Helo Blod is a free translation and text checking service.

Ceredigion County Council has gathered many terms commonly used during the pandemic and produced a mini-dictionary of the most commonly used coronavirus terms in Welsh.

Mentrau Iaith Cymru (MIC) is the national organisation that supports the work of 22 local Mentrau Iaith across Wales.

Its role is to raise awareness of the Welsh language and culture, by encouraging people to develop their knowledge and use of the language and be able to practice their language skills in a friendly and social environment in the community.

Canolfan Bedwyr is Bangor University’s centre for Welsh language services, research and technology.

Developing Welsh language skills helps students, staff and employers build confidence to use their Welsh language skills in the workplace.

Place name was created to help people find and check for the existence of Welsh names for English places, and vice versa.

This speech language technologies resource has the ability to produce and respond to human speech (text to speech and speech recognition).

Bangor University has designed a bilingual workforce recruitment pack to support organisations to recruit staff with Welsh language skills.

The pack offers practical guidance to employers when recruiting staff with skills in the Welsh language and helps employers to identify their target audience when trying to attract staff who have skills in the Welsh language.

The National Centre for Learning Welsh was established to deliver Welsh language training, with a wealth of training available from online, short courses, apps and much more.

• 1000 Digital resources (five levels)
• Learn Welsh in just five minutes a day for free with Duolingo
• Say something in Welsh
• YouTube videos
• Work Welsh is a funded, flexible programme designed to strengthen Welsh language skills in the workplace
• Support for Employers – how to audit skills, courses available, expected outcomes etc.

Mudiad Meithrin

Mudiad Meithrin offers play and learning opportunities for children from birth to school age.

• Watch this video from Mudiad Meithrin learn more

Mudiad Meithrin's YouTube channel has variety of useful videos.

A Welsh language virtual notice board on Padlet.com has resources for training, learners, activities, apps, music, jobs and much more to support you to learn and develop your Welsh language skills.

OpenLearn Wales: The home of bilingual, free learning in Wales brings together a collection of free educational resources relevant to Wales and helps people learn about Welsh society and culture.

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