As we saw yesterday, there has been a vast decline of Welsh. This is worrying because it is crucial to maintain their culture and history. It is likely to be possible to save the language and possibly to revive it to its former popularity, but it would take a lot of money and work.
Firstly, language must be promoted to all Welsh inhabitants.
More schools should teach more lessons in Welsh from primary school level so
that students have a firm understanding of the language. Although all students
up to the age of 16 must have some lessons in Welsh, I think that the age and the
amount of lessons should be increased. Also, the Welsh GCSSE should be offered
to all students in the British Isles.
If more school children are taught, this will boost the
profile and reputation off welsh and therefore will spread positive awareness.
Hopefully this would make more people learn the language, especially if they
were moving to the area. But in order for them to learn, there need to be more accessible
organisations to teach them.
The main problem is that although people do know the
language, they do not use them socially. This is because there are many areas
that are English dominated. This means that the residents would have to make an
effort to recall and use the language.
I believe that if some of these things are firmly put into place,
the number of Welsh speakers should increase for the 2021 census.
There are many different ways that you could learn Welsh yourself, including:
- Watch 'S4C Digidol' - a Welsh television programme available in britain on freeview.
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Buy an audio course to immerse yourself in the language
- Search your local community for a Welsh teaching society or school
- Follow Learn Cymraeg on facebook for regular updates
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