Welsh language schools have started hiring English-speaking teachers due to a staffing crisis, a council has heard. Welsh medium schools have strict language rules and traditionally ban the use of the ...

A woman who was embarrassed that she could not speak Welsh has sent her children to a playgroup to help them learn the language. Hannah Phillips' three daughters are all receiving their education ...

Peredur Webb-Davies works for Bangor University and has received research grant funding in the past from the ESRC and Research Council UK. The Welsh language, Cymraeg, has changed linguistically a lot ...

Estyn, the Welsh school inspectors, concur – their 2011 annual report concluded that Welsh as a second language, in English-medium schools, wasn't meeting standards: "Many teachers are not confident ...

Those interested in learning to sing and read Welsh are in luck. In preparation for the North American Festival of Wales in Scranton on Labor Day weekend 2012, there will be free classes on singing ...

All over the world, people are increasingly looking for more effective language education. In the US, for example, there are now more than 800 dual language programmes aiming to produce bilingual ...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — The Welsh language got a major boost Thursday when the European Union recognized it as a minority tongue. The move by the 27-nation bloc enabled Welsh Heritage Minister Alun Ffred ...