Description of the different levels of instruction on Cwrs Cymraeg Cymdeithas Madog

Please note the following important points:

• As of Cwrs Cymraeg 2014, the curriculum has been updated.  Among the major changes is a return to only six levels.  Returning students should make sure to review the contents of each level to determine which new level may best correspond to your needs.
• The content listed for each level gives only a general idea of what will be covered; teachers tailor their classes to their students' needs and to their own teaching styles. A number of topics and activities may be included which do not appear below; these lists should not be regarded as exhaustive.
• If you already know some Welsh but have never attended a Cwrs Cymraeg Cymdeithas Madog before, read through the following. You may find that you have an idea what level would be the best fit for you, and we invite you to share your idea with us when you fill out the registration / curriculum form.

If you have any questions about the contents of a level, please feel free to contact our curriculum chair via our contact form.

LEVEL 1

Level Learning Objectives:

• Pronunciation
• Introduction to mutations
• The present tense of “bod” including -
  • descriptive sentences: Mae'n hen. Mae'n fawr.
  • identification sentences: Robert ydy o.  Athro dw i.
  • existence: Oes coffi?
  • Negation and interfogative of each form.
  • yes/no for each kind of sentence
• Possession: Mae … gyda fi; car Harri, ci'r bachgen / possessive adjectives: fy, dy, ei, etc.
• Asking basic questions: Beth ydy'ch gwaith chi? Ble 'dych chi'n byw? Etc.
• Liking and wanting
• Expressing what one has done: Dw i wedi gweld Wil yn y siop.

Vocabulary:

• Greetings and saying good-bye
• Numbers 0-10
• Weather
• Professions
• Basic food
• Basic animals
• Colors

LEVEL 2

Level Learning Objectives:

• Review main grammar items from Level 1
• Health and well-being (Mae … gyda fi / arna i / Introduction to personalized pronouns
• Expressing necessity, desire, duties: dw i eisiau / dw i angen / mae'n rhaid i fi / mae'n well 'da fi / mae'n well i mi / dw i wrth fy modd / etc.
• Imperative: Eisteddwch / Peidiwch ag eistedd / etc.
• Telling time an expressing the date, how to form ordinal numbers
• Using ers ('since'): Ers pryd 'dych chi'n...?
• Question Words: ble, sut, pwy, beth, etc. and how to use 'bod' after each one
• Direct object pronouns
• Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns: y car hwn, y car 'ma, etc. / Hon yw'r eneth o Fedd Gelert
• 10. Introduction to the irregular preterite: mynd, cael, dod & gwneud; forming preterite sentences with gwneud

Vocabulary:

• Parts of the body
• Illnesses
• Basic medical vocabulary: doctor, nurse, clinic, hospital, etc.
• Numbers from 10-30 in the base-twenty system
• Numbers from 10-1,000,000 in the decimal system
• Days, months, holidays

LEVEL 3

Level Learning Objectives:

• Briefly review major grammar points from levels 1 & 2.
• Preterite: Es i / gweles i / etc. Review common compound forms: 'nes i fynd, etc.
• Imperfect: Roeddwn i / Roeddet ti / etc.; all forms – descriptive, identification, existence, negative, interrogative, yes/ no
• Using the preterite and imperfect together.
• Sequential events: Ar ôl i fi...
• Using the passive: Cafodd e ei ladd
• Saying where you were born and raised: Ces i fy ngeni yn...
• Talking about your childhood: description in the past, narrating a story
• Pluperfect: Roeddwn i wedi...

Vocabulary:

• Verb-building: verbs for both narration and description
  • historical events
  • tragedies and disasters
• Words related to emotions surrounding historical events
• Biography building: vocab related to a person telling his or her own story
  • life events – birth, school, marriage, divorce, death, etc.
  • childhood or adolescent activities
  • personal emotions

LEVEL 4

Level Learning Objectives:

• Review asking questions
• Review of 'wedi': 'Dych chi wedi... erioed?
• Review use of personalized prepositions with idioms: Rhaid i fi fynd / mae annwyd arna' i / etc.
• Future of 'bod' – all forms: descriptive, identification, existence, negatives and yes/no
• Discussing future plans: Os ewch chi i..., ... gwelwch chi … / Short-form future
• Asking someone to do something: Wnewch chi...?
• Reported speech / that-statements: Dw i'n meddwl ei fod o'n... (present, preterite and imperfect, future / affirmative and negative)
• Relative clauses: Fo ydy'r dyn sy'n byw yn... (present, preterite and imperfect, future / affirmative and negative)
• Mai/taw
• Giving directions: Ewch ar hyd y ffordd...Cymerwch y stryd gyntaf...

Vocabulary:

• Things in town – shops, government buildings, churches, etc.
• Travel – hotels, modes of transportation, destinations
• Education – schools, universities, people who work in education, future jobs
• Clothes

LEVEL 5

Level Learning Objectives:

• Review / getting to know people
• Describing a place / area / home: Mae hi'n ardal wledig.
• Discussing size, distance etc.: Pa mor bell yw hi...
• Comparing
  • Equative: Mae e mor dal â hi
  • Comparative: Mae e'n dalach na hi
  • Superlative: Fe yw'r talaf
• Simple passive: Lladdwyd y dyn / Siaredir Cymraeg Yma – all form
• The Conditional – all forms: descriptive / identification / existence / negative / yes/no
• The “subjunctive if”: Petasai, tasai, petaswn, etc.
• Saying what you would like and what you could do: Hoffwn i... Gallwn i...
• Saying what you should do: Dylwn i...
• Other negatives: neb, erioed, nunlle, etc.

Vocabulary:

• Physical appearance
• Land and countryside
• Home, rooms and furniture

LEVEL 6

The content of level 6 varies from year to year depending on the needs and skills of the particular group of students, and the individual instructor. The following list of activities is representative of the kinds of things that could be covered at this level:

• Making inquiries
• Further explanation of use of perfect tenses
• Responsive forms for answering questions
• Describing someone else
• Discussing money and debts
• Using prepositions
• Talking about future plans
• Discussing the news / current events / politics
• Using the passive
• Expressing opinions and conjectures
• Understanding conversations and dialectal differences
• More formal registers of Welsh in writing business emails, letters, proposals, etc.