By popular demand, a simple read-through of the alphabet with a few notes.

Click the play button below to listen on line, or the information button to get the free download.

Here’s an on-screen Welsh clock. It’s not in real time, but lets you move the hands and will display the time in Welsh.

Please read the following if you’d like to give it a go:

It’s not perfect and will need a small plugin to run in your browser. Indeed, it doesn’t seem to run in Chrome at the moment, but no doubt that will change in the future.

So if you’ve the odd 5 minutes to install a new plugin for your webbrowser please feel free to install. You’ll need to close your browser when prompted to though, so remember to return here. If you’d like to give it a go then please click here.

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Countries of the world for you to search out in Welsh.

Click here to play.

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Test your Welsh with an on-screen crossword. Fill in the words on-screen and even get hints if you’re stuck! Click here to play.

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While away a few minutes and improve your vocabulary. Our on-screen wordsearch will help you remember the months of the year in Welsh.

Click here to play.

The starts of sentences in Welsh are the most important parts. Get the start and you’ve got the tense out of the way, freeing your mental resources. The pages in this pdf are included in the Cadw Swn course book, but should be useful to anyone learning Welsh.

Click here, os gwelwch yn dda.

Learning new skills and facts can be extremely rewarding. Actually in today’s changing economic climate it’s a must. Change or die is the motto today.

Like in all other fields of life, it pays to prepare carefully so that you can reap the maximum benefit from your time and efforts.

I hope that the following will help ease and speed your path. I’ve put together these tips from many years experience in teaching adults Welsh.

1 – Set aside a learning period at the same time each day – begin to train your mind to expect to learn at this time. Habit can be a very powerful thing, let’s get it on side.

2 – Don’t try to learn for too long. Around 45 minutes is a good chunk of time. And be sure to take at least a 15 minute break every hour. Walk around the block, take a stretch, listen to some music, have some water. You’re only human after all, so don’t burn yourself out. And trying to cram in too much learning over too long a learning period can be counterproductive. You have been warned!

3 – Relax. Take a shower, do some relaxation exercises before you begin each session. Meditation, Yoga, or a piece of relaxing music. Whatever works best for you. Think of yourself as a mental gymnast who needs to prepare themselves well.

4 – Expect to learn. Tell yourself that you will learn, easily and effectively before you begin each session. Expect to remember. Make a commitment, promise yourself.

5 – Don’t knock yourself out. Even if you feel you’re getting nowhere with your studies, take it easy on yourself. Remember that maybe some things need to filter through your mind for them to become available – ever heard of sleeping on a problem?

6 – Play some classical music in the background. Mozart is particularly effective. Many believe that this will optimise your brainwaves for accelerated learning. I’ve heard that Mozart was hyperactive, and that he instinctively composed his music to bring his own state of mind down. Whole language courses have been written which use this technique – I’ve even written one myself!

7 – Drink plenty of water. You know that already, right? The brain is mostly water, and it relies on a ready supply to learn effectively.

8 – Break down large topics. How do you eat an elephant? A piece at a time! Create a workable breakdown of what you need to learn and by when. Then work backwards and see how much time you need to spend each day. Plan ahead, be organized, and you can save time later.

9 – Teach someone else what you’ve learnt, or what you’re learning. Telling others is a great way to help you remember things yourself. Simply explaining what you’ve learnt to others will make you draw what you’re learning out of yourself and force you to clarify and refine it. Plus, of course, the other person gets to learn what you’re learning too. Who knows, you might even go up in their estimation!

10 – Have fun, enjoy learning and think of how you’ll feel when you’ve mastered all that you need to know. And always look back and be pleased of what you have learnt, rather than getting mad at what you can’t remember.

This short booklet gives valuable advice on becoming a fluent Welsh speaker with the minimum amount of pain and embarrassment. (pdf)

Click here to download.

Yes it’s true – there is an easier way to cope with the soft mutation. These audio sessions show you how to deal with the sounds, rather than the letters, and to change them naturally.

Click play to listen online, or the information button to get the free downloads.

This is a great audio session which will give you very quickly a way to say a lot in Welsh. It uses a trick which lets you talk about the past, present and future but only having to learn a single tense!

Previously on sale for £7.50 this is also bundled with the Cadw Swn Welsh vocabulary booster from Cadw Swn (not free).

Click the play button below to listen on line, or the information button to get the free download.