Amcanion / Objectives to understand the importance of learning a language in today’s world to be aware of the advantages of learning Welsh and becoming increasingly bilingual

No! Does everyone in the World speak English? 75% of the world does NOT speak English at all

Because languages can get you a better paid job Because languages improve your understanding of how other people live and think Because you can travel more and meet new people Because languages can get you a better paid job Why do we need to learn other languages?

Why do we learn ‘Cymraeg’?

Because we live in Wales and Welsh is our language

Therefore, it can raise your marks in other subjects! Educational benefits Because learning another language boosts your brain power and makes you brainier! Therefore, it can raise your marks in other subjects!

Because learning another language makes you more creative! Educational benefits Because learning another language makes you more creative!

Because it helps you to learn other languages! Educational benefits Because it helps you to learn other languages!

Because it helps us to respect other languages and other cultures Tolerance of other languages and cultures Because it helps us to respect other languages and other cultures It allows us to communicate with more people in the community

Because your future best friend might speak it! Tolerance of other languages and cultures Because your future best friend might speak it!

Employment advantages Because more and more employers in Wales are looking for workers who can speak Welsh

It might help you to land your dream job! Employment advantages It might help you to land your dream job!

EWCH AMDANI! Pob lwc!

Why learn Welsh? Improve your career chances; Dysgwch ddwy iaith er mwyn llwyddo yn y byd gwaith! Improve your career chances; learn Welsh, it’s a great advantage! Learning another language increases opportunities and choices Evidence from across the World shows that children who can speak 2 languages can think more creatively and tend to do better in IQ tests Because we live in Wales and Welsh is our language Having 2 languages, means that we inherit 2 cultures and gain 2 different worlds of experience; with a language goes a wealth of history, songs, music, stories and poetry Why learn Welsh? Learning another language helps us to do better in other subjects It makes us nicer! Research from Cambridge University has found that having another language makes us better able to tolerate differences in cultures, creeds and customs and also better able to find solutions to conflict More and more employers in Wales are looking for workers who can speak Welsh