Welsh for Beginners (Cymraeg i Ddechreuwyr) BA (Hons)

What will you study on this course? Year 1 Most of your time will be devoted to language learning. You will take two extensive language modules which will provide you with a basic understanding of modern spoken Welsh and an ability to converse in the language. You will also have the opportunity to attend a language Summer School after completing your first year studies. Throughout the academic year your language modules will be supplemented with tutorials and individual tuition which will provide a basic introduction to the written forms of Welsh. During your first year you will also take a compulsory module which will provide an introduction to the history of Welsh literature through translated texts. Year 2 You will follow Welsh medium modules which are designed for our second and first language students in the initial stages of their degree. Three core modules will give you direct experience of studying a selection of Welsh texts – extending from the poetry and prose of the middle ages to modern Welsh classics – in their original language. You will also be given a range of insights into the culture and history of Wales. A further two modules will provide advanced skills in oral and written Welsh. You may also wish to take advantage of Bangor’s flexible degree structure and study some modules in other subject areas during your second year. Following this route could enable you to transfer to study a joint honours course in your third and fourth year. Years 3 and 4 You will join our first and second language students and follow the Welsh degree scheme. You will be able to choose your modules from a thematically broad and wide ranging list of subjects: Court Poetry Early Welsh Saga Poetry Tales of the Mabinogion Dafydd ap Gwilym Poets of the Welsh Gentry Literature and Society 1500 1740 Welsh literature of America The Modern Welsh Novel Modern Welsh Poetry Kate Roberts’s Fiction The Modern Welsh Theatre Television Drama History of the Welsh Language Language Policy and Planning Translation Skills (Year 4) Practical Writing Skills/Welsh in the Workplace (Year 3) Philosophy and Literature Dissertation (Year 4)