Reviews
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The Welsh language is a treasure to use, share and enjoy. This book gives invaluable advice and guidance to learners and Welsh speakers on their learning journey. Use Welsh at every opportunity.
- Nia Parry
"For too long learning Welsh has been confined to four walls, whether they be those of the school or the community centre. This book makes an important contribution to taking Welsh out where it needs to be, on the streets and in regular day to day use. For all political and cultural implications, at the end of the day, Welsh is a language that just needs to be spoken.
- Alun Gibbard, Gwales
"Lynda Pritchard Newcombe grew up in Merthyr Tydfil without Welsh, but learned it as an adult to become a fluent Welsh speaker and teacher of Welsh. She is therefore highly aware of the problems faced by learners, especially the reluctance to go out and use Welsh in a public context... Concise chapters discuss in an open, encouraging way issues such as the speed of Welsh-language speakers – it can be embarrassing in any language to ask a question and then not understand the answer, or to ask a question and be answered in English! ... Speak Welsh Outside Class is well designed and easy to read and should prove invaluable to learners who have reached the stage where it is time to venture out of the classroom into the streets.
- John Barnie, Gwales
"Excellent confidence-boosting and practical tips from an expert, written in a compelling, lively style. It's as if Lynda is talking to you, and you'll complete the book ready to chat in Welsh to the next person you see! An important book both for learners and teachers, with portable techniques for learning ANY language. What Lynda offers are not just tips on learning, but on speaking when you're not in class. A ground-breaking work.
- Diana Cambridge, Gwales
"Dwi'n byw yn Siapan. Dwi'n dysgu Cymraeg ers blynyddoedd, ond mae llawer o bwyntiau defnyddiol yn y llyfr hwn. Dim ond un peth hoffwn i gwyno amdano. Pam na chafodd y llyfr ei ysgrifennu yn gynharach? Taswn i wedi darllen y llyfr blynyddoedd yn ôl efallai fy mod i wedi gwella fy Nghymraeg yn gyflymach. Os nad ydych chi wedi darllen y llyfr eto, dylech chi ddarllen fe nawr!"
- Dysgwr Yn Siapan o Tokyo, Gwales
"Gall y llyfr hwn fod yn gymhelliad gwych i ddysgwyr o bob oed a Chymry Cymraeg fel ei gilydd i ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg ar bob cyfle. Gall fod o gymorth i ddysgwyr i oresgyn rhwystrau a phroblemau ac i dyfu mewn rhugledd a hyder."
- John Teifi Morris, Y Clawdd
