Every year for several years now the group have had a stall at the Trevithicks Day celebrations in Camborne. Here we sell Cornish Language books from our vast list of books held by Agan Tavas, to whom we are affiliated. The picture shows Ray and Denise Chubb setting up the stall in 2015. This is also an opportunity for us to sign up our next intake of students for September, and to talk to them about the language.
The monies raised from this event, go towards the increasing costs of renting the rooms for us to teach in and to pay for stuff like insurance and heating and also new teaching aids. The prices we charge our students are as low as we dare make them as we realise too well the cost of living and wages here in Cornwall. Our teachers work for effectively nothing, and our appreciation of them is great!
The monies raised from this event, go towards the increasing costs of renting the rooms for us to teach in and to pay for stuff like insurance and heating and also new teaching aids. The prices we charge our students are as low as we dare make them as we realise too well the cost of living and wages here in Cornwall. Our teachers work for effectively nothing, and our appreciation of them is great!
As part of our more advanced class, apart from teaching the students the needs of new grammar and vocabulary, and the history of the language, we also have a great deal of fun reading from long established books and also some role playing from many of our drama series of books, continuously being updated with new works about traditional stories from Cornwall's rich heritage.
Here shown are 'Sylvester ha'n Dhragon', (Sylvester and the Dragon) a sub play from the Ordinalia, a Mediaeval Miracle Play and 'Cay Byan ha'n Popynjay Gwer' (Cay Byan and the Green Parrot) a story by Barbara Davies. These two are approximately aimed at 2nd grade students. Often the books are bilingual too which helps the students put expression into their reading out loud... I really enjoy these sessions.
In addition to the classes we also run a 'Yeth an Weryn' loosely translated as 'The language of the common people'. These in fact are evenings in a local pub where we encourage our students and others to speak what Cornish they know, thus improving their vocabulary and abilities... These can be great fun, and often games like 'I spy' in Cornish cause much hilarity... why not come along and join in?
Here shown are 'Sylvester ha'n Dhragon', (Sylvester and the Dragon) a sub play from the Ordinalia, a Mediaeval Miracle Play and 'Cay Byan ha'n Popynjay Gwer' (Cay Byan and the Green Parrot) a story by Barbara Davies. These two are approximately aimed at 2nd grade students. Often the books are bilingual too which helps the students put expression into their reading out loud... I really enjoy these sessions.
In addition to the classes we also run a 'Yeth an Weryn' loosely translated as 'The language of the common people'. These in fact are evenings in a local pub where we encourage our students and others to speak what Cornish they know, thus improving their vocabulary and abilities... These can be great fun, and often games like 'I spy' in Cornish cause much hilarity... why not come along and join in?
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