Worsfold, Anwen Mair (2022) Ble mae’r Gymraeg? Where’s the Welsh? An investigation into the language of social interactions of secondary school students in a Welsh-medium secondary school. Masters thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
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Abstract
Despite an acknowledged increase in the number of pupils from non-Welsh-speaking homes attending bilingual and Welsh-medium schools in Wales, the adoption of the language for social use amongst such pupils in anglicised regions of the country has been a matter of concern. This has led some to maintain that, for many pupils, Welsh is only the language of the classroom and has no role for them in wider social domains. The motivations for these young people to speak Welsh with one another is, of course, a complex matter, with many influences both at the micro-, meso- and macro- level. The purpose of this research was to discover what factors may be impeding young people in Wales from adopting Welsh for social purposes with a view to developing strategies that could combat this phenomenon. A case study is presented of a Welsh-medium secondary school in an anglicised area in Central South Wales whereby the three largest stakeholders in Welsh-medium education took part in research to discover if this is a problem that can be addressed. Parents and teachers participated in a questionnaire to determine their influence on the children, and the Headteacher was interviewed as the lead policymaker for the school. More importantly, the pupils themselves participated both in a questionnaire and in an interview whereby they could express their thoughts and feelings and what they felt was affecting their language choice. This study, therefore, gave the pupils a voice in proceedings which allowed them to give their own insight into how they viewed the Welsh language, and its relevance to their lives.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Theses and Dissertations > Masters Dissertations |
| Depositing User: | Lesley Cresswell |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2023 15:10 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 14:27 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2263 |
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