REGISTRATION IS OFFICIALLY OPEN for Cymdeithas Madog’s Cwrs Rhith (Virtual Cwrs) in July!

Registration and payment will take place via Eventbrite. Your registration confirmation will include all the information you need to join the Zoom meeting(s). Click the following link to go straight to the event page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cwrs-cymraeg-rhith-virtual-welsh-course-july-24-july-26-registration-109725090700

Here is the schedule of sessions and tutors:

Lefel 1 – Beginners (Cwrs Cymraeg Lefel 1/2)

Friday 12:00 pm NOON EDT / 5:00 pm BST – Christine McSorley
Saturday 12:00 pm NOON EDT / 5:00 pm BST – Rob Davis

Lefel 2 – Intermediate (Cwrs Cymraeg Lefel 3/4)

Saturday 9:00 am EDT / 2:00 pm BST – Chris Reynolds
Sunday 4:00 pm EDT / 9:00 pm BST – Cris Dafis

Lefel 3 – Advanced (Cwrs Cymraeg Lefel 5/6)

Friday 7:00 pm EDT / 12:00 am BST – Hefina Phillips
Sunday 12:00 pm NOON EDT / 5:00 pm BST – Ceri Phillips

Please click here for a guide to our curriculum levels.

Want to know more about our tutors? You’ll find their bios below. You can also refer to the course information at any time on our website, www.madog.org, or our NEW (and under construction) Welsh-learning website, www.SpeakWelsh.org.

Oh, and please download and share our PDF Flyer!
 
Yn edrych ymlaen at eich gweld chi ar Zoom! / Looking forward to seeing you on Zoom!
 
Cymdeithas Madog Board of Directors
 

TUTOR BIOS

Cris Dafis is a tutor with the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, developing the language skills of Welsh-medium university students. He has also worked for the University of South Wales, Swansea University and Glamorgan Welsh for Adults. When he isn’t tutoring, he works as a translator and as a columnist for the Welsh language magazine, Golwg. He was a radio and television producer with the BBC and various independent companies before joining academia. He was born and raised in Llanelli, but has lived in Cardiff for decades.

Rob Davis has been studying Welsh since 2005, and first did so with Cymdeithas Madog in 2009.  He served 8 years on the board of Cymdeithas Madog and has twice been awarded the Chair in our Eisteddfod.  He has also taken an advanced Welsh-only residential course in Wales at Nant Gwrtheyrn.  He is co-author of the upcoming Welsh Tattoo Handbook (Bradan Press, 2020).

Christine McSorley (Jones) lived on Anglesey in North Wales for over 40 years, before moving to Canada in January 2000. She has worked in the Hospitality and Tourism department at colleges in Wales and Ontario, Canada, and holds a certificate for adult teaching and training. Currently she teaches part-time online with Algonquin College in Ottawa and also on the Ontario Welsh Festival board. She has also taught online for the ‘Cada Dia Welsh’ project and has taught level 2 in the Cymdeithas Madog course 2017 and 2018, as well as leading other Welsh language activities. She chats on Facetime with her sister who is still living in North Wales, as well as singing Welsh nursery rhymes with her 4 grandchildren.

Ceri Phillips
Su’mai, Ceri ydw i a rwy’n diwtor llawn amser i Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr. Fel arfer, pan ddim o dan ‘lockdown’ rwy’n dysgu staff gofal iechyd, meddygol a gweinyddol i siarad Cymraeg. Ar hyn o bryd rwy’n gweithio ar yr hwb profi preswylwyr a gweithwyr gofal sy’n gweithio mewn catrefi gofal, mai wedi bod yn brysur iawn ond erbyn hyn mae pethau yn dechrau tawelu a dychwelyd i ryw fath o normalrwydd. Yn fy amser sbâr rwy’n mwynhau rhedeg, cerdded mynyddoedd a chymdeithasu gyda ffrindiau. Rwyf hefyd yn gwneud dipyn o actio amateraidd gyda chwmni drama Penmachno (lle rydw i’n byw yng Ngogledd Cymru). Rwy’n edrych ymlaen yn arw at y cwrs neu siop siarad rhithiol ac i gyfarfod a hen wynebau a rhai newydd 🙂

Hefina Phillips
Helo bawb. Antur newydd – cwrs Cymdeithas Madog ar lein! Dw i’n dod o Gwm Tawe, De Cymru yn wreiddiol ond yn byw yn Ontario ers nifer o flynyddoedd. Yn ffodus dw i’n cael digon o gyfle i siarad Cymraeg, hyd yn oed yn Canada. Pan byddwn yn “cwrdd” ar lein bydda i am wybod popeth amdanoch chi- gan gynnwys sut ‘dych chi’n ymdopi yn ystod yr argyfwng arswydus hwn. Byddwn hefyd yn trafod barddoniaeth Gymraeg a’r mesurau caeth- wel o leua y rhai mwya hawdd.

Since learning the language back in the late 1980s, Chris Reynolds has been involved in Welsh for Adults for the last 30 years in various roles, as a tutor, development officer, organiser, training officer and working with the National Eisteddfod. Currently Senior Tutor Organiser at Swansea University with Learn Welsh Swansea Bay Area. Has been a regular tutor with Cymdeithas Madog over the last few years.