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Promoting language transmission | Hyrwyddo trosglwyddo iaith for Welsh Government | Llywodraeth Cymru

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We’ve worked with the Welsh Government since 2022 on behavioural intervention programmes supporting their million Welsh speakers target, particularly focused on parents and children.

Parents told us they lack confidence in their Welsh and worry about getting it wrong for their child. But they also tell us they’re proud to be Welsh, support use of the language and are keen for their child to learn.

Their feedback steered us towards intervention ideas using the EAST framework: keeping things easy, attractive, social and timely:

  • We’ve kept the ask easy – encouraging parents to use a few utterances of familiar Welsh words and phrases.
  • To make it attractive we’ve focused on speaking Welsh being part of bonding with a child rather than for academic advantage
  • To make it social we’ve met parents where they are by incorporating the ask into toys and through online music playlists.
  • To make it timely we’ve considered key moments where parents are open to using Welsh with their child, such as play.

In 2024 we have:

  • put messaging on maternity folders encouraging couples to discuss the language they will talk in with their baby
  • shared playlists of Welsh songs via nurseries so families can enjoy music together
  • experimented with toys in parent & toddler sessions to see how they prompt parents to speak in Welsh

We’re awaiting results from our maternity workstream, but we’ve seen good responses to music and play-based interventions. Parents proactively reached for the Welsh toys during our study, prompting more Welsh utterances. And less confident parents said it encouraged a journey of rediscovery for the Welsh language.

We now have good evidence that music and toys are effective tools to support parents. Next we’ll focus on how we get those tools into the hands of more parents across Wales.

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Hyrwyddo trosglwyddo iaith

Rydym wedi gweithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru ers 2022 ar raglenni ymyrraeth ymddygiadol sy’n cefnogi eu targed miliwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg, gan ganolbwyntio’n arbennig ar rieni a phlant.

Dywedodd rhieni wrthym nad oedd ganddynt hyder yn eu Cymraeg ac yn poeni am ei chael yn anghywir i’w plentyn. Ond maen nhw hefyd yn dweud wrthym eu bod nhw’n falch o fod yn Gymry, maen nhw’n cefnogi’r defnydd o’r iaith ac yn awyddus i’w plentyn ei dysgu.

Roedd eu hadborth yn ein llywio tuag at syniadau ymyrraeth gan ddefnyddio’r fframwaith EAST: cadw pethau’n hawdd, yn ddeniadol, yn gymdeithasol ac yn amserol:

  • Rydyn ni wedi cadw’r gofyn yn hawdd – gan annog rhieni i ddefnyddio ambell air ac ymadrodd Cymraeg cyfarwydd.
  • Er mwyn ei wneud yn ddeniadol, rydym wedi canolbwyntio ar siarad Cymraeg fel rhan o fondio â phlentyn yn hytrach nag er budd academaidd
  • Er mwyn ei wneud yn gymdeithasol, rydym wedi cwrdd â rhieni lle maen nhw drwy ymgorffori’r gofyn i deganau a thrwy restrau chwarae cerddoriaeth ar-lein.
  • Er mwyn ei wneud yn amserol, rydym wedi ystyried adegau allweddol lle mae rhieni’n agored i ddefnyddio’r Gymraeg gyda’u plentyn, fel chwarae.

Yn 2024 rydym wedi:

  • rhoi negeseuon ar ffolderi mamolaeth yn annog parau i drafod yr iaith y byddant yn siarad ynddi gyda’u babi
  • rhannu rhestri chwarae o ganeuon Cymraeg drwy feithrinfeydd fel y gall teuluoedd fwynhau cerddoriaeth gyda’i gilydd
  • arbrofi gyda theganau mewn sesiynau rhieni a phlant bach i weld sut maen nhw’n annog rhieni i siarad Cymraeg

Rydym yn aros am ganlyniadau o’n llif gwaith mamolaeth, ond rydym wedi gweld ymatebion da i gerddoriaeth ac ymyrraeth sy’n seiliedig ar chwarae. Estynnodd rhieni yn rhagweithiol am y teganau Cymraeg yn ystod ein hastudiaeth, gan annog mwy o eiriad Cymraeg. A dywedodd rhieni llai hyderus ei fod yn annog taith o ailddarganfod y Gymraeg.

Erbyn hyn mae gennym dystiolaeth dda bod cerddoriaeth a theganau yn offer effeithiol i gefnogi rhieni. Nesaf, byddwn yn canolbwyntio ar sut rydym yn cael yr offer hynny i ddwylo mwy o rieni ledled Cymru.


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