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Welsh Medium Researched Book -
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A professional
educator has never researched Welsh medium education in Wales. This book of
papers investigates all issues pertaining to Welsh medium education, which
cannot be divorced from the Welsh Language climate in Wales. It has been
written from a cross-curricula, which refers to cognitive and neuroscience research.
The concept of bilingualism and bilingual education is very complex. Children do not go to school to learn to walk and talk. Children go to school to be educated, not simply to learn Welsh.
Children only have one life. They can only have one education. Children’s education is too important to be left to a spirit of hope, optimism and guesswork.
Owing to the highly political climate associated with all Welsh Language issue the book will not be available for widespread distribution.
These are for following content of 183 page book.
Paper 1 - The Need for Change
Paper 2 – Regression of the Mean
Paper 3 - Preparing Children to Live in a Bilingual Wales
Paper 4 – Summary and Reflection
Paper 5 – How Language Growth and Retention Reflects Its Environment
Paper 6 - The Truth about the Welsh Language
Key Points
Paper 7 - Final Overview
Paper 8 - The Ambition to Create a Million Welsh Speakers
Paper 9 – Summative Overview
Paper 10 -Why English Speakers Cannot be Compelled to Learn Welsh
Final Executive Summary Executive Summary
The Three Year Old Child