{"id":25779,"date":"2017-11-20T15:23:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=25779"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:23:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:23:51","slug":"can-cardiffs-children-save-a-dying-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/can-cardiffs-children-save-a-dying-language","title":{"rendered":"Can Cardiff\u2019s Children save a dying language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Cardiff\u2019s libraries are encouraging Children to speak Welsh with bilingual story times, but can they get them off the ground?<\/h3>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_25882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25882\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25882 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Story-time-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25882 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Story-time-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Children enjoying story-time in their library. Photo credit to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usagrc\/8402395923\/in\/photolist-dNutze-c45y97-s3sssh-bTq4bn-cHfPJW-4BwAh4-dNusP8-c45yeW-62XaeP-9bu2SR-61MBsu-c45ym3-5PekUR-pNEwch-7XYRra-c45ypQ-c45xGA-c45xL9-dNqWfv-5q4meC-c45y55-39G1J9-c45y2h-bqYS59-g9x1HN-dNr8Pv-p9nY7P-6Mk4hm-d2JR3L-nkjrma-d2JTEG-cdTptS-nz5Uz3-axutCq-d2JWaf-by8iSS-bbLqN8-qmugXq-nAmUjT-fuWQwp-jqAfAb-ciHnY5-buf4X2-nrwZfg-dpqUYe-ggGWjp-duyFTT-cGvWG1-fuWQoc-nMQXad\">U.S. Army Garrison Red Cloud<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\">\u00a9<\/a>\u00a0Image has been cropped.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nChildren and parents are invited to sing and learn in Welsh at libraries across Cardiff in an attempt to promote the language before it disappears.<br \/>\nLess than 30% of people in Wales can actually speak Welsh. To save the dying language and get more children speaking it, charity Menter Caerdydd have teamed up with Cardiff\u2019s libraries to run <em>Amser Stori<\/em>, a bilingual sing-along story-time but many are struggling to get parents involved<em>.<\/em><br \/>\nAlice Prince, who attended <em>Amser Stori<\/em> with her daughter Eliza, says, \u201cI\u2019m an English speaker\u2026 but I think it\u2019s important in Wales to keep the language alive and it also gives us options for schooling later. It\u2019s important because it\u2019s part of the curriculum later as I understand. It\u2019s good to get [children] involved and give them something to do\u2026they\u2019re growing up in Wales and so it\u2019s for their future.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">YFORY\/TOMORROW.. Amser Stori newydd yn Llyfrgell CATHAYS\/Welsh language Story Time at CATHAYS Library 2:15pm <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pAPeO5feyr\">pic.twitter.com\/pAPeO5feyr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Menter Caerdydd (@MenterCaerdydd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MenterCaerdydd\/status\/927196939409674247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe free sessions are targeted at children up to four years of age and include a story, songs and crafts. Both Welsh speakers and non-speakers alike are welcome, but many parents have reportedly been intimidated by the Welsh element.<br \/>\nLibrary manager at Penylan Library and Community Centre, Cerys, considered re-branding the sessions as bilingual to encourage more people to attend the sessions. She says, \u201cIf it\u2019s not used [the Welsh language] is going to die, isn\u2019t it? It would just disappear. We want to make sure we\u2019re relevant to everyone too, we want to have the widest range of activities for the widest range of people.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25932\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25932 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Welsh-flag-blue-cky-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25932 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Welsh-flag-blue-cky-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> The Welsh flag. Photo credit to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/manc72\/14157159536\/in\/photolist-nz29iw-8dayWp-UmKvRw-bvUfbU-8dXtx-nmvyXT-nwoD3A-a6Yqpd-5DPLEx-bBzcaA-6fmUGr-afaC1J-efYdXR-6FQbdj-8bA3ET-nEBHHC-jV3FnL-dbkAuJ-cUeTdo-nxXrKq-5wVrwP-5wZNc9-b2CAK2-fhJqTY-arwg4w-ayh4ZY-cRJ4y5-4U6nyx-cL9tuQ-ahiKmK-92bJab-4Hp8XZ-8Mdch1-6oFDfK-fnAcx8-Yn3Vuo-eLsMzP-8i7kGd-nAMDh-6sN7Td-6jfB9h-7zZdeP-8WSpQL-4LR9Z3-c4jJYh-grMAGt-6sj5SW-dV1ghT-9DYbXh-6Tf9GJ\">Matthew Wilkinson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/\">\u00a9 <\/a>Image has been cropped.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThings are looking up for <em>Amser Stori<\/em>, with recent sessions seeing a slowly growing intake<em>.<\/em>\u00a0A community is forming at the libraries involved, providing children with the chance to meet new playmates and parents encouraging each other to join in.<br \/>\nBeryl Burgess, a Welsh speaker, says, \u201cFor little ones that don\u2019t speak the language it\u2019s good for them to get used to it and they learn so much through song. And you meet some new friends.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff&#8217;s Children are leading the fight to save the Welsh language, thanks to the help of libraries around the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":25900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can Cardiff\u2019s Children save a dying language? - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can Cardiff\u2019s Children save a dying language? 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