Professional Welsh (Cymraeg Proffesiynol) BA (Hons)

What will you study on this course? You will be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars and there will also be opportunities to experience work placements. You will study a combination of core, compulsory and optional modules. You can follow some optional modules within the School of Welsh’s modules or from other schools. Assessment methods will vary according to the modules that have been chosen. The aim is to give you the opportunity to study the Welsh language in a practical way which will improve your writing and speaking skills as well as providing you with the opportunity to study aspects of Welsh literature up to the present day. There will be a special emphasis on understanding and developing a greater awareness of the Welsh language in the workplace. In your First Year there will be an opportunity for you to go on work placement and you will experience guest lectures from representatives of different professions. You will follow four core modules which include Defnyddio’r Gymraeg which concentrates on aspects of contemporary Welsh grammar, O’r Senedd i’r Swyddfa which introduces language to the workplace, Llên Gyfoes which focuses on contemporary literature, and Llên y Cyfnod Modern Cynnar which focuses on Welsh literature from the 18th and 19th century. You will also study Cyflwyniad i Bolisi a Chynllunio Ieithyddol which will be taught be Dr Rhian Hodges from the School of Social Sciences. You will also have the freedom to choose up to 40 credits from the School of Welsh or other school’s modules. In your Second Year you will follow two core modules. The first core module, Iaith Gwaith includes another opportunity to go on work placement and will build on the knowledge gained in O’r Senedd i’r Swyddfa. The second core module, Ymarfer Ysgrifennu combines that learned in Defnyddio’r Gymraeg with specific context, e.g. a summary, news bulletin, review, short translation, and increases your awareness of different language registers. You will get to choose any other 40 60 credits from the School of Welsh’s modules or from other schools. In the case of a number of our modules, we teach the Second and Third Years together every other year, so students will study the compulsory module Datblygiad yr Iaith which maps the history of the Welsh language from its earliest period up to the present when it will be available to them. In your Third Year, you will study two core modules. The first core module, Medrau Cyfieithu, builds on the language skills learnt in Defnyddio’r Gymraeg and Ymarfer Ysgrifennu. The emphasis in the other core module, Portffolio Proffesiynol will be on independent study: there will be a chance to link the project with what was done during the work experience, to concentrate on an individual case study, or to present a portfolio of relevant material. Once again, you can choose any 60 credits from the School of Welsh’s modules (except for the module Y Traethawd Estynedig).