Welsh (Cymraeg) (for first and second language students) BA (Hons)

What will you study on this course? Year 1 You will follow a variety of modules catering for the needs of both first language and second language students. Second language students will follow a combination of modules with a particular emphasis on developing writing and aural skills. In order to ensure an integrated learning experience you will also follow a selection of modules with first language students. First language students will study a broad selection of texts – extending from the poetry and prose of the middle ages to modern Welsh classics and media literature. You will also be given a range of insights into the culture and history of Wales. There will also be an emphasis on advanced skills in oral and written Welsh. Year 2 and Year 3 Both first language and second language students will follow the same Welsh degree scheme during their final two years. Additional tutorial support is provided for second language students to ease the full transition to first language provision. You will be able to choose your modules from a thematically broad and wide ranging list of subjects such as: 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; Philosophy and Literature; Practical Writing Skills/ Welsh in the Workplace; Dissertation. If you wish, you can also select modules from our Welsh medium creative writing provision: Poetry Workshop; Creative Prose Workshop; Cynghanedd; Script writing.