Cyfres ddrama yn dilyn hanes cwmni lorïau GMJ. Oherwydd rhesymau hawlfraint bydd angen cyfrif Coleg Cymraeg i wylio rhaglenni Archif S4C. Mae modd ymaelodi ar wefan y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol i gael cyfrif.
Ac Eto Nid Myfi (1987)
Drama lwyfan wedi'i haddasu ar gyfer y teledu gan John Gwilym Jones, awdur y ddrama wreiddiol. Llion Williams sy'n chwarae'r brif rhan. Ffilmiau Bryngwyn, 1987. Oherwydd rhesymau hawlfraint bydd angen cyfrif Coleg Cymraeg i wylio rhaglenni Archif S4C. Mae modd ymaelodi ar wefan y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol i gael cyfrif.
Agweddau ar Ddwyieithrwydd
E-lyfr newydd gan yr Athro Enlli Môn Thomas a Dr Peredur Webb-Davies o Brifysgol Bangor. Ac ystyried bod mwy o ieithoedd gwahanol nag o wledydd yn y byd, mae'n anochel bod ieithoedd yn dod i gysylltiad â'i gilydd mewn rhyw ffordd ac ar ryw adeg yn ystod eu bodolaeth. O ganlyniad, poblogaeth amlieithog ei naws yw'r rhan helaethaf o boblogaeth y byd. Er nad oes ffigyrau penodol (neu ddull casglu data digon ymarferol) yn nodi'r union ganran neu union nifer y siaradwyr uniaith a dwyieithog a geir, mae meddu ar ddwy neu fwy o ieithoedd yn ddarlun teg o'r 'norm' ieithyddol cyfredol ar gychwyn yr 21ain ganrif. O'r ychydig dros 6,000 o ieithoedd sy'n parhau i fodoli ledled y byd, prin bod unrhyw un wedi'i hynysu rhag pobloedd neu gymdeithasau ieithyddol eraill. Daw pob iaith bron i gysylltiad ag iaith arall, ond nid pawb sydd o'r farn fod hynny'n dda o beth! Bwriad y llyfr hwn yw eich cyflwyno i fyd y siaradwr dwyieithog, ac i herio nifer o fythau ynglÅ·n ag anfanteision - ac, yn wir, manteision - dwyieithrwydd. Y gobaith yw y bydd y darllenydd, o ddarllen y gyfrol hon, yn deall yn well natur ac anghenion unigolion sydd yn meddu ar sgiliau mewn dwy iaith.
Alan Llwyd yn trafod Cofiant Kate Roberts
Darlith gan Alan Llwyd ar Kate, ei gofiant i Kate Roberts. Recordiwyd y ddarlith yn Ysgol y Gymraeg, Prifysgol Bangor, ym mis Mawrth 2012. Cyllidwyd y digwyddiad drwy gyfrwng grant bach gan y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
Amdani (Cyfres 1)
Cawn fwynhau cwmni Llinos (Ffion Dafis) a gweddill y tîm rygbi merched mewn tref fechan yng Ngogledd Cymru. Oherwydd rhesymau hawlfraint bydd angen cyfrif Coleg Cymraeg i wylio rhaglenni Archif S4C. Mae modd ymaelodi ar wefan y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol i gael cyfrif.
Angharad Tomos (1985)
Rhaglen ddogfen yn dilyn Angharad Tomos wrth iddi weithio gyda grwpiau o blant ysgolion cynradd yn llunio straeon yn cynnwys y plant fel cymeriadau. Bydd Angharad yn trafod ei magwraeth heb deledu ac yn esbonio sut y gwnaeth ei rhieni creadigol feithrin ei hoffder o arlunio a chreu cymeriadau a straeon. Ar ôl gorffen ymarfer dysgu, cafodd gyfle i weithio gyda Chwmni Theatr Mewn Addysg: Cwmni'r Frân Wen, ar ddrama i blant, a chawn weld sut yr oedd cael gweithio gydag awdur yn brofiad difyr i'r theatr a'r actorion. HTV Cymru, 1985. Oherwydd rhesymau hawlfraint bydd angen cyfrif Coleg Cymraeg i wylio rhaglenni Archif S4C. Mae modd ymaelodi ar wefan y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol i gael cyfrif.
'Ar wasgar hyd y fro': An experiment in inter-disciplinary reading
During the summer of 2010, as part of a project by Dr T. Robin Chapman and Dr Dafydd Sills-Jones, Welsh speakers of all generations and backgrounds were questioned about the poems of T. H. Parry-Williams, at the National Library and on the Eisteddfod field. The format was that of asking everyone to select a poem, to read it aloud, and then to explain why they had chosen it in an open-ended interview. The aim was to investigate the current status of the poetry of T.H. Parry-Williams, by analysing different readings on the basis of rhetoric and performance. Although no effort was made to secure a scientifically representative sample, both male and female readers were attracted, from different parts of Wales, and of all ages from early twenties to retirement age. It was expected that the project would raise questions about the reception given to the poems of T. H. Parry-Williams amongst the members of the public who took part in the experiment. Who would choose which poem? How would different performances of the same poem reveal geographical or generational differences? What would be the relationship between the performances and the reasons and stories that appeared during the interviews? There were also methodological questions to be resolved across an interdisciplinary gulf. How would audiovisual and literary techniques inter-relate? How would it be possible to analyse the readings, without following the usual interpretative trails? An exhibition of the interviews was staged in December of the same year in the form of a series of video screens showing the interviews in parallel and concurrent format. Although the project belongs to two similar analytical traditions, namely literary analysis and the analysis of film, the exhibition brought them together through a third tradition, exemplified in video artworks such as the audiovisual installations ‘Forty Part Motet’ and ‘Videos Transamericas’. Thus, this demonstrative/analytical mode posed a challenge to both researchers, and was an inventive journey into a new methodological domain. Although the researchers are agreed on the fundamental research question posed by the project, which is to seek to assess the position occupied by T.H. in Welsh culture thirty five years after his death, it became apparent during their collaboration that this was on the basis of markedly different ideas of the significance of the methods used and the findings obtained. Robin Chapman’s background is in recent Welsh literature. Dafydd Sills-Jones has experience of working in the field of documentary production, and is interested in the performing aspects of such productions. What follows is an epilogue where both use the project’s common ground to explain their methods to each other – and to themselves. The hope is that it will be a means not only for them to say something about our two disciplines, but that it will be an opportunity also to investigate in more general terms the (creative) tension that manifests itself in interdisciplinary collaboration.
Darlith Flynyddol 2017: 'Tros bedair gwaith o gwmpas y byd': Teithiau a Gweithiau William Williams, Pantycelyn
Darlith Flynyddol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol 2017: 'Tros bedair gwaith o gwmpas y byd': Teithiau a Gweithiau William Williams, Pantycelyn, gan Eryn White, Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Traddodwyd y ddarlith yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Môn ar ddydd Mawrth 8 Awst 2017.
The development of the syntax of numerals in Welsh
The rules determining the forms of nouns and adjectives after numerals and the associated initial-consonant mutations in Middle Welsh are often puzzling to Modern Welsh readers of the language. This article sketches the rules and provides a synchronic account of them. It is shown that they are based on a coherent system where number (singular, dual, numerative, plural) is central. The linguistic changes that have occurred since then are documented in detail and dated using textual evidence. It is argued that these changes can best be understood as steps along a pathway towards a new, equally coherent system where all numeral phrases are treated as singular, and gender rather than number determines both form and mutations.
‘’Does dim gwadu ar Etifeddiaeth’: A study of how John Gwilym Jones discusses legacy in Ac Eto Nid Myfi and a ...
One of the main themes in the work of John Gwilym Jones is how man is a slave to his chromosomes at the mercy of heredity and his environment. This article focuses on the said theme in his well-known play, Ac Eto Nid Myfi. In order to consider how John Gwilym Jones the author, as opposed to John Gwilym Jones the playwright alone, made use of this theme, due attention is given to a selection of his short stories. The article also discusses the influence of Darwin’s ideas of heredity on Realism as well as on John Gwilym Jones himself.
Cynan, The Establishment and the 1960s' Revolution
Cynan (Albert Evans-Jones, 1895-1970) was one of the most prominent Establishment figures in Wales for a large part of the twentieth-century. He served as Archdruid twice and played a crucial role in the controversial decision by the Gorsedd of Bards to take part in the Investiture ceremony of Prince Charles in Caernarfon castle on 1 July 1969. He was also one of the authors of the National Eisteddfod’s Welsh-language Rule, a policy which he supported firmly during his period as President of the Eisteddfod Court towards the end of his life. In contrast, Dafydd Iwan was one of the main leaders of the Welsh Language Society, the protest group that adopted radical campaigning tactics during the 1960s. In this article, the clash between Cynan and Dafydd Iwan is seen as one representing a struggle about the very definition of Welshness at the time.
The learner’s voice: The experiences of adults learning Welsh in north Wales
This paper discusses an ambitious study of adult learners of Welsh in north Wales. Over 1,000 people have taken part in the project, which is studying the experiences of learners throughout the region over a period of three years. This is the most comprehensive study of its kind in the field. The work is led by the North Wales Welsh for Adults Centre and the ESRC Centre for Bilingualism Research at Bangor University. Between September 2008 and August 2010, two questionnaires were distributed to beginners on all north Wales providers’ courses. The results of those questionnaires are discussed below, including aspects such as the learners’ background, their reasons for learning Welsh, their experiences during their course and their satisfaction with the provision. The history of Welsh for Adults is outlined and the research is set in the context of language revitalization and planning in Wales and beyond.