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Madog Center for Welsh Studies
Learn Welsh Rio
Grande Welsh Language classes were offered here as a Welsh minor subject. Kara Lewis BA was the language tutor and Welsh Literature lecturer. She has extensive experience in teaching Welsh to adults while she was at the University of Wales, Lampeter. Below is a picture of Kara with some of her class at their Christmas party 1999.
We learned one of Europe’s oldest languages in a relaxed and friendly
atmosphere. We teach
an informal register of the language using the highly successful course
“Dosbarth Nos”. The course has been running for a
few years and the response has been very encouraging.
The class of Winter 2000 The Madog Center was fortunate to have the company of Welsh teacher Andrew Tweed for a week in 2000. Mr. Tweed comes from Llandrindod, Mid-Wales and had the pleasure of teaching Kara throughout her high school years. In the pictures below Andrew is teaching the Welsh students Twmpath Dawns, which was great fun! He also taught Welsh classes in the University and visited local schools, teaching dancing and talking about Wales.
A Little Welsh Course 2001
The Madog Center understands that people cannot always come to Rio Grande to study Welsh. For this reason, we held the first annual Little Welsh Course in Columbus, Ohio. This course was held in conjunction with the The Welsh Society of Central Ohio. It was an Intensive Welsh Course on April 27th & 28th. The course was held at Otterbein College, Columbus. Mary Ellen Morgan arranged the course, but many others helped to make it such a success: Mrs. Joan Owen Mandry (pictured below) taught one of the classes and Kara Lewis lead the other (with the help of a certain Dr. Dafydd Mandry!) WCSO members and many students worked very hard! Some 30 people attended both days. Keep your eyes open for the next course, or contact the Madog Center or the WSCO for details. |
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Madog Center for Welsh Studies Phone number: (740) 245-7186 |
