🧵 8/8
In that sense, the ARI reflects a maturing policy perspective. It moves beyond “teach more Welsh” towards a more sociolinguistic understanding of language as a social practice shaped by institutions, power, identity & opportunity.
#langsky #linguistics #languagepolicy #cymraeg #Cymraeg2050
🧵 6/8
Rather than assuming simple solutions, the ARI prioritises more descriptive, exploratory questions: Who uses Welsh? In what contexts? With what confidence? And how do these factors interact over time?
#langsky #linguistics #languagepolicy #cymraeg #Welshlanguage #Cymraeg2050
🧵 5/8
These are the points where people’s relationship with Welsh often changes, yet they are also the places where evidence is weakest.
#langsky #linguistics #languagepolicy #cymraeg #Welshlanguage #Cymraeg2050
🧵 4/8
The document also highlights moments of transition as especially important: moving from school to further or higher education, entering work, accessing services, or leaving rural areas.
#langsky #linguistics #languagepolicy #cymraeg #Welshlanguage #Cymraeg2050
🧵 3/8
The ARI is not just about how people learn Welsh. It is increasingly about whether, where & why people actually use it.
Across education, workplaces, public services & social life, the focus is on confidence, opportunity & motivation.
#langsky #languagepolicy #cymraeg #Cymraeg2050
🧵 2/8
In doing so, it shows where the evidence base is strong, where it is thin, & where new research could make the biggest difference.
What stands out is how different these questions are from older ways of thinking about language policy.
#langsky #languagepolicy #cymraeg #Cymraeg2050
🧵 1/8
Dan writes that this isn’t a new strategy or a list of funded projects. Instead, it sets out the questions policymakers most want research to help answer as Wales works towards its goal of a million Welsh speakers.
#langsky #linguistics #languagepolicy #cymraeg #Welshlanguage #Cymraeg2050
Mae angen mwy na geiriau gwag, mae angen chwyldro ✊
➡️ Gweddnewid y polisi recriwtio
➡️ Gwersi Cymraeg dwys wedi'u targedu
➡️ Troi’r gwasanaeth sifil cyfan, fesul adran, i ddechrau gweithio drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg
#Cymraeg2050
500 days of Duolingo (learning Welsh)
Efallai ddim yn bwysig nac yn drawiadol iawn, ond rwy’n hapus iawn gyda'r 500 diwrnod ar Duolingo yn dysgu Cymraeg
#Cymraeg #Duolingo #Cymraeg2050 #Itbelongstoallofus #Wales
Not the best article/ not really worth reading but someone sent it to me:
news.sky.com/story/target...
The key to #Cymraeg2050 is more Welsh medium (i.e. bilingual) schools. Hopefully @plaidcymru.bsky.social will be able to crack on with this after next year. 🤞
nation.cymru/news/campaig...
Where's the ambition @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social ?! #Cymraeg2050
If @prifweinidog.gov.wales is serious about #Cymraeg2050 this is the model to follow.
4000?! Not enough @welshgovernment.bsky.social @prifweinidog.bsky.social Urgent progress on the switch to WM/ bilingual education for all needs to be made NOW! #cymraeg2050
Friday Welsh! #Cymraeg2050 #Cymru
Stop asking. Just do it. #Cymraeg2050