Cwrs Rhith 2020 ~ Virtual Welsh Course

Rob Davis has been studying Welsh since 2005, and first did so with Cymdeithas Madog in 2009.  He served 8 years on the board of Cymdeithas Madog and has twice been awarded the Chair in our Eisteddfod.  He has also taken an advanced Welsh-only residential course in Wales at Nant Gwrtheyrn.  He is co-author of the upcoming Welsh Tattoo Handbook (Bradan Press, 2020).

Christine McSorley (Jones) lived on Anglesey in North Wales for over 40 years, before moving to Canada in January 2000. She has worked in the Hospitality and Tourism department at colleges in Wales and Ontario, Canada, and holds a certificate for adult teaching and training. Currently she teaches part-time online with Algonquin College in Ottawa and also on the Ontario Welsh Festival board. She has also taught online for the ‘Cada Dia Welsh’ project and has taught level 2 in the Cymdeithas Madog course 2017 and 2018, as well as leading other Welsh language activities. She chats on Facetime with her sister who is still living in North Wales, as well as singing Welsh nursery rhymes with her 4 grandchildren.

Ceri Phillips
Su’mai, Ceri ydw i a rwy’n diwtor llawn amser i Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr. Fel arfer, pan ddim o dan ‘lockdown’ rwy’n dysgu staff gofal iechyd, meddygol a gweinyddol i siarad Cymraeg. Ar hyn o bryd rwy’n gweithio ar yr hwb profi preswylwyr a gweithwyr gofal sy’n gweithio mewn catrefi gofal, mai wedi bod yn brysur iawn ond erbyn hyn mae pethau yn dechrau tawelu a dychwelyd i ryw fath o normalrwydd. Yn fy amser sbâr rwy’n mwynhau rhedeg, cerdded mynyddoedd a chymdeithasu gyda ffrindiau. Rwyf hefyd yn gwneud dipyn o actio amateraidd gyda chwmni drama Penmachno (lle rydw i’n byw yng Ngogledd Cymru). Rwy’n edrych ymlaen yn arw at y cwrs neu siop siarad rhithiol ac i gyfarfod a hen wynebau a rhai newydd 🙂

Hefina Phillips
Helo bawb. Antur newydd – cwrs Cymdeithas Madog ar lein! Dw i’n dod o Gwm Tawe, De Cymru yn wreiddiol ond yn byw yn Ontario ers nifer o flynyddoedd. Yn ffodus dw i’n cael digon o gyfle i siarad Cymraeg, hyd yn oed yn Canada. Pan byddwn yn “cwrdd” ar lein bydda i am wybod popeth amdanoch chi- gan gynnwys sut ‘dych chi’n ymdopi yn ystod yr argyfwng arswydus hwn. Byddwn hefyd yn trafod barddoniaeth Gymraeg a’r mesurau caeth- wel o leua y rhai mwya hawdd.

Since learning the language back in the late 1980s, Chris Reynolds has been involved in Welsh for Adults for the last 30 years in various roles, as a tutor, development officer, organiser, training officer and working with the National Eisteddfod. Currently Senior Tutor Organiser at Swansea University with Learn Welsh Swansea Bay Area. Has been a regular tutor with Cymdeithas Madog over the last few years.

Owen Saer is from Cardiff, and was raised in a Welsh-speaking home. He attended Welsh-medium schools, before reading Japanese and Linguistics at the University of London. He taught English abroad (in Japan, South Korea, Hungary and North Korea) before returning to Wales to teach Welsh. He has taught in the community and in schools. He now runs his own business while continuing to teach languages (online only at the moment, naturally). His leisure activities include performing music (singing, piano, clarinet), learning languages, cooking, and tropical fish.