CY1775: Welsh 2

School Ysgol y Gymraeg, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Department Code WELSH
Module Code CY1775
External Subject Code 100333
Number of Credits 20
Level L4
Language of Delivery Welsh
Module Leader Dr Angharad Naylor
Semester Spring Semester
Academic Year 2015/6

Outline Description of Module

This module builds on the vocabulary and structures introduced in Welsh 1 enabling you to communicate more fully and in a wider range of contexts in both the oral and written media. The standard attained is comparable to GCSE level.

On completion of the module a student should be able to

On completion of the module a student should be able to:

Knowledge and Understanding:

  • demonstrate a command of the main sentence and clause structures of the language;
  • demonstrate sufficient vocabulary to enable them to engage in conversations covering such functions as greetings, identification, orders and requests, likes and dislikes and expressing opinions;
  • understand basic written texts in Welsh;
  • understand the basic phonetics of the Welsh language.

Intellectual Skills:

  • analyse basic Welsh syntax;
  • interpret, analyse and compose basic written texts.

Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:

  • use sufficient vocabulary to enable them to engage in conversations covering such functions as greetings, identification, orders and requests, likes and dislikes and expressing opinions in both the written and oral media.

Transferable Skills:

  • engage in basic conversation;
  • compose basic written texts;
  • understand basic written texts.

How the module will be delivered

  • workshops :  to introduce and explicate new material;
  • practical classes:  to consolidate material and use structures and vocabulary in group work and individual study;
  • formative assessments:  to regularly consolidate the students’ knowledge through oral, aural, reading and writing exercises in class and private study.

Skills that will be practised and developed

To consolidate the degree of competence attained on completion of Welsh 1 and to further develop oral competence in Welsh by extending the range of topics and functions covered.

How the module will be assessed

Formative

The students’ learning outcomes are regularly consolidated through:

  • oral tasks
  • aural exercises
  • written tasks
  • comprehension tasks

Summative

The students’ learning outcomes are assessed through:

  • oral end-test
  • aural examination
  • course-work
  • written examination

Assessment Breakdown

Type % Title Duration(hrs)
Exam - Spring Semester 25 Welsh 2 1.5
Written Assessment 25 Written Assignment N/A
Written Assessment 25 Oral Test N/A
Written Assessment 25 Aural Test N/A

Syllabus content

A graduated course based on the Wlpan method increasing the range of topics and language functions covered in Welsh 1 and extending the command of Welsh grammar (sentence and clause structure, categories of tense, number and gender) and vocabulary.

Background Reading and Resource List

Griffiths, Bruce (1995, ed.). Geiriadur yr Academi/ The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary (Cardiff: University of Wales Press).

Gruffudd, Heini (1998). The Welsh Learner’s Dictionary (Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa).

Thorne, David A (1993). A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers).

Uned Iaith Genedlaethol Cymru(1998). Gramadeg Cymraeg Cyfoes: Contemporary Welsh Grammar (Llandysul:Gwasg Gomer/CBAC).


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