, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Thank you very much, and thank you for your evidence and for the evidence that you'll provide, I'm sure, later. In this set of questions, I'm just going to focus on the CEFR framework. It's a new concept for us in Wales, of course, outside Welsh for adults…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you. Just to go back to those final points, given that the Welsh language is a compulsory subject in our schools, and some would argue that we're already providing about 10 per cent as regards teaching Welsh, is this 10 per cent sufficient in your view?…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you very much. Just on the back of the question from Tom, Dr Enlli, in your evidence, you have noted—and I'm just going to quote here—that the minimum 10 per cent requirement for primarily English, partly Welsh schools is vague and needs further…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Okay, thank you very much.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
No problem. Dr Enlli particularly, in your evidence, you set out some doubts around children achieving C1 or C2 level in Welsh-medium schools. Can you expand a little on the basis for those comments?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Sorry, I didn't know if Gwenno wanted to come in on that point.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you very much. Specifically, in your experience of studying bilingualism at a European level and your understanding of the CEFR framework, is it realistic to expect a pupil who is in a primarily English school to reach the B2 level in spoken Welsh by…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Good morning to you. I'm Cefin Campbell, Member of the Senedd. Thank you very much for the evidence that you have submitted; that is very useful. I want to ask a general question to start with on the CEFR, and then perhaps more detailed questions on that…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Yn fyr iawn, os gallaf fynd yn ôl i'r ateb rhoddoch chi ynglŷn â beth rŷch chi'n ei weld yn broblematig, sef gwahaniaethu rhwng addysg Gymraeg ac addysg trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, beth ŷch chi'n teimlo gallai fod canlyniadau anfwriadol hynny…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Yes. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Os caf i jest gydio yn y pwynt olaf: ydych chi'n gweld gwerth mewn gosod targedau penodol ar gyfer datblygu'r gweithlu, fel bod hynny yn nod i'r Llywodraeth?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Thank you very much. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
—ond hefyd ysgrifennu, gwrando, darllen, ac yn y blaen. Felly, gallai person fod ar wahanol lefelau ar bob un o'r sgiliau yna yw'r pwynt.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
And, of course, the CEFR measures a range of skills as well, not just the ability to speak—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
And the final question is: do you see a role for yourself as commissioner in terms of facilitating awareness of the CEFR if this became part of our education system?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
As it happens, in last week's session the Cabinet Secretary responsible for the Welsh language said that almost everyone can speak some Welsh in Wales, unless they've just arrived here. So, do you think that the CEFR can reflect that broad range of people who…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
I have a block of questions around the CEFR, the common European framework of reference. You've noted in your evidence some comments on that. Do you believe that the CEFR in general terms is appropriate for the situation here in Wales? Because it has been a…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Thank you. If I could come in on the back of that last question on language standards—and thank you for the evidence that you've submitted; it's very useful to us as a committee—do you see any way in which the influence of language standards, which do have…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
If I may, Chair, as you know, as the designated Member previously, I worked very closely with the then Minister for education on developing of a large part of this Bill, but not everything contained within it. Thank you.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
So, Dirprwy Lywydd, in the absence of clear milestones and targets in terms of improving PISA results, and hitting the recruitment targets for teachers, it's vital that we have, from the Welsh Government, an action plan with clear targets in place, with…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
I now want to move on quickly to teacher recruitment. Recruitment of teachers, especially in priority subjects, is yet another area where we see the same old failed delivery and mismanagement from Welsh Government come to the fore. It was only yesterday that…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
The First Minister noted last week that raising standards in education was one of her priorities. But, truth be told, she didn't have to travel around Wales or be some kind of Mystic Meg to come to that conclusion. And, after decades of failure in this area…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
May I ask for a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for health regarding the future of health services in west Wales? Now, this Thursday, Hywel Dda health board will be considering a number of cuts to healthcare provision in west Wales, which include…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you.
