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Welsh for BeginnersDiploma Course

Welsh is one of the oldest continuously used languages in Europe and has been spoken in the British Isles for thousands of years, predating English by several centuries. It is a language famed for its poeticism and idiomatic expression, and the Welsh for Beginners Diploma Course has been specifically designed to allow you to access and appreciate all the nuances and mystery of this ancient Celtic tongue.

Throughout 10 modules, this course provides a beginner’s overview of the fundamentals of the Welsh language, combining practical vocabulary with grammatical explanations to ensure you are able to start actively using the language from the very first module.

With each module accompanied by a downloadable audio version and concluding in a multiple-choice assessment, the Welsh for Beginners Diploma Course will ensure you develop accurate comprehension and pronunciation.

Course overview:

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10 Modules

12 Audio Files

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What Will You Learn?

By studying this course, you will learn how to fulfil basic tasks in Welsh, such as telling the time, ordering food in a restaurant and counting. You’ll be able to describe yourself and others in terms of appearance and personality, as well as talk about what you enjoy doing for a hobby and where you work. You’ll learn how to talk about your holiday plans and past travel experiences, as well as describe the environment around you.

You’ll also gain a firm understanding of some of the grammatical nuances of the Welsh language – most notably, the soft mutation.

This course:

Includes a downloadable audio version of each module (10 in total)
Provides simple explanations, useful examples and effective activities
Ensures understanding with assessment questions
Helps you learn to read and write Welsh
Aids you in becoming capable of having basic conversations in Welsh

Who Would Benefit from This Course?

The Welsh for Beginners Diploma Course is for anyone who is starting their Welsh language journey or wishing to strengthen the foundations of their current knowledge.

It gives you the tools you need to hold your first conversations with Welsh speakers and provides a firm understanding of the grammatical nuances of this ancient Celtic language, allowing you to express yourself freely and with confidence.

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be ready to continue to expand your knowledge by studying an intermediate-level course and finding examples of modern, real-life Welsh to read and listen to.

Modules

Module 1: People, Places and Animals7 Parts

Introduction
Part 1: The Welsh Alphabet
Part 2: The Definite Article: ‘Y/Yr’ and the Indefinite Article
Part 3: Plural Nouns
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Module 2: Hobbies, Sports and Activities7 Parts

Part 1: Welsh Personal Pronouns
Part 2: Constructing Verbal Sentences in the Present Tense
Part 3: Abbreviations
Module 2 Practice Exercise Answers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Module 3: Professions and Means of Transportation7 Parts

Part 1: The Objects of Verbs in Welsh
Part 2: The Welsh Propositions
Part 3: Conjugated Prepositions
Module 3 Practice Exercise Answers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Module 4: Food and Drink9 Parts

Part 1: Likes and Dislikes with Food and Drink
Part 2: The Negative Form and Question Form of the Verbal Sentence
Part 3: Asking More Complex Questions with Interrogatives
Part 4: Using Intensifiers to Express Likes and Dislikes
Part 5: Useful Phrases at a Café in Wales
Module 4 Practice Exercise Answers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Module 5: Numbers and Telling the Time8 Parts

Part 1: Numbers, Modes of Counting and the Gender of Nouns in Welsh
Part 2: The Alternative Mode of Counting in Welsh
Part 3: Asking ‘How Much/How Many’ with ‘faint o?’ and Telling the Time in Welsh
Part 4: Times of Day, Days of the Week and Months of the Year
Module 5 Practice Exercise Answers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Module 6: Describing Yourself and Your Family8 Parts

Part 1: Possessive Pronouns
Part 2: First Person ‘Fy’ and the Nasal Mutation
Part 3: The Feminine ‘ei’ and the Spirant Mutation
Part 4: Using ‘mae gan’ to Describe Yourself and Others
Module 6 Practice Exercise Answers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Module 7: Describing Friends and Colleagues7 Parts

Part 1: Personality Adjectives
Part 2: Feminine Nouns and the Mutation of Adjectives
Part 3: Using Adjectives with Plural Nouns
Module 7 Practice Exercise Answers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Module 8: The City and the Countryside7 Parts

Part 1: Feminine Nouns and the Soft Mutation
Part 2: Describing your Surroundings with ‘Mae Yna’
Part 3: Using Prepositional Phrases to Describe your Environment
Module 8 Practice Exercise Answers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Module 9: Going on Holiday7 Parts

Part 1: Visiting Foreign Countries
Part 2: Using Time Expressions to Talk About Travel Plans
Part 3: Talking About Time with ‘nesaf’ and ‘yma’
Module 9 Practice Exercise Answers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment

Module 10: Mastering the Soft Mutation6 Parts

Part 1: A Deeper Understanding of the Soft Mutation
Part 2: Adjectives and the Soft Mutation
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment

Accreditations

The Welsh for Beginners Diploma Course will take you up to 50 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 50 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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