Cymdeithas Madog

September 2022 Siop Siarad - Advanced
2022-09-17 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR ADVANCED GROUP:10:30 PDT / 1:30 EDT, Moderator Sarah Stevenson, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

Moderator Bio: Sarah Stevenson took her first Welsh language classes at UC Berkeley in 1996-97. She has been a regular attendee at Cwrs Cymraeg Cymdeithas Madog since 1999, including serving on the Board from 2003 to 2012 and again from 2019 to present. She is also a linguistic QA tester at Welocalize, Inc., editing translations of apps like Blackboard and Pinterest in Welsh and British English. She has made many good friends on her Welsh learning journey, and looks forward to getting to know more!

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

September 2022 Siop Siarad - Intermediate 1
2022-09-17 09:30 - 10:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE GROUP 1:9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT, Moderator Oliver Llewellyn, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

Moderator Bio: Oliver grew up hearing stories of Wales and was first introduced to the “Iaith y Nefoedd” by his maternal grandfather. Although he may have not have been fluent, his tad-cu knew enough to keep the language alive, and Oliver has been working hard to resurrect the language within his family ever since. Keeping Yr Hen Iaith alive is a deeply personal affair for Oliver, but that’s not to say there’s not some fun to be had along the way! A native of the UK, Oliver has been living in the US for 5 years and currently works as a high school Chemistry teacher in Montgomery County, MD.

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

August 2022 Siop Siarad - Intermediate 2
2022-08-20 11:30 - 12:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE GROUP 2:11:30 PDT / 2:30 EDT, Moderator TBA, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

August 2022 Siop Siarad - Advanced
2022-08-20 10:30 - 11:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR ADVANCED GROUP:10:30 PDT / 1:30 EDT, Moderator TBA, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

August 2022 Siop Siarad - Intermediate 1
2022-08-20 09:30 - 10:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE GROUP 1:9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT, Moderator TBA, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

June 2022 Siop Siarad - Intermediate 2
2022-06-18 11:30 - 12:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE GROUP 2:11:30 PDT / 2:30 EDT, with John Otley, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

Moderator Bio: Sut hwyl? John Otley ydw i. Mi ges i fy ngeni yn Nhoronto, Canada ond mi ddaeth fy nheulu o Rosllannerchrugog yng ngogledd-ddwyrain Cymru. Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg yng Eglwys Unedig Gymraeg Dewi Sant yn Nhoronto ers 24 o flynyddoedd ac dw i wedi tiwtora ar Cwrs Cymraeg Cymdeithas Madog gwpl o weithiau yn y dyfodol. Dw i’n gweithio i’r Bwrdd Addysg Toronto ond yn chwarae gitâr a golff yn fy amser sbâr (ond nid ar yr un amser). | Hi. I’m John Otley. I was born in Toronto, Canada but my family comes from Rhosllanerchrugog in North-East Wales. I’ve been teaching Welsh at Dewi Sant Welsh United Church in Toronto for the past 27 years and have tutored on Cymdeithas Madog’s Cwrs Cymraeg a couple of times in the past. I work for the Toronto District School Board but in my spare time, I play guitar and golf (but not at the same time).

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

June 2022 Siop Siarad - Advanced
2022-06-18 10:30 - 11:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR ADVANCED GROUP:10:30 PDT / 1:30 EDT, with Tim Doughty, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

Moderator Bio: Tim Doughty bought his first “Welsh for Learners” book in 1979. In those pre-internet days, learning Welsh was a lonely process. After many stops and starts along the way he finally entered the light at the end of the tunnel. During his visit to Wales in 2019 he found that, yes, he is a Welsh speaker, and so are you! Tim now serves on the board of Cymdeithas Madog.

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

June 2022 Siop Siarad - Intermediate 1
2022-06-18 09:30 - 10:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE GROUP 1:9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT, with Oliver Llewellyn, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

Moderator Bio: Oliver grew up hearing stories of Wales and was first introduced to the “Iaith y Nefoedd” by his maternal grandfather. Although he may have not have been fluent, his tad-cu knew enough to keep the language alive, and Oliver has been working hard to resurrect the language within his family ever since. Keeping Yr Hen Iaith alive is a deeply personal affair for Oliver, but that’s not to say there’s not some fun to be had along the way! A native of the UK, Oliver has been living in the US for 5 years and currently works as a high school Chemistry teacher in Montgomery County, MD.

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

May 2022 Siop Siarad - Intermediate 2
2022-05-21 11:30 - 12:30

May 2022 Siop Siarad - Advanced
2022-05-21 10:30 - 11:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR ADVANCED GROUP:10:30 PDT / 1:30 EDT, with Robert Humphries, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

Moderator Bio: Robert Humphries is a board member of Cymdeithas Madog; a board member, translator and researcher for the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project in Wymore, Nebraska; Ninnau and Y Drych Historian; and author of numerous articles about Welsh-American history.

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

February 2024 Siop Siarad - Beginning Intermediate 1
2022-05-21 09:30 - 10:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE GROUP 1:9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT, Moderator TBA, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

Moderator Bio:

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations

May 2022 Siop Siarad - Intermediate 1
2022-05-21 09:30 - 10:30
THIS FORM IS FOR OUR BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE GROUP 1:9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT, with Tim Doughty, on Zoom

Thank you for filling in this brief registration form for our Siop Siarad! Each one-hour conversation group will be limited to 10 participants and will be moderated by an advanced Welsh speaker or tutor. Registration is first-come, first-served. The sessions are free.

Moderator Bio: Tim Doughty bought his first “Welsh for Learners” book in 1979. In those pre-internet days, learning Welsh was a lonely process. After many stops and starts along the way he finally entered the light at the end of the tunnel. During his visit to Wales in 2019 he found that, yes, he is a Welsh speaker, and so are you! Tim now serves on the board of Cymdeithas Madog.

We always welcome donations to our Scholarship Endowment Fund as well as general donations. To make a donation, please visit http://www.madog.org/gwefan/index.php/donations
