FAQ
Over the years we've had many questions and comments
about the course. Here are some of the most common questions
people have, together with a few others. Please use our
support page to contact us if your question's not answered
here.
Before buying the course
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I'm a complete beginner; is the course really suitable for me?
Yes, most definitely. We don't know of a
simpler, more relaxed way to 'pick up' the language. (And
hear some great music and stories too!)
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I'm already doing/have done some Welsh before. Is the
course ok for me?
The course doesn't follow the traditional reasoning of
'spoon-feeding' language to you, so you won't feel that
you're spending ages covering old ground. It's also almost
certainly completely different to anything you're already
doing in Welsh classes, and probably won't seem too much
like work. That means it works great as a 'booster' to an
evening class/day course etc.
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Can I use the course as a 'refresher' or in addition
to another course/Welsh class?
Yes you can. See the above answer.
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Isn't Welsh a 'difficult' language?
You can choose to make anything difficult or easy if you
like. We chose to make learning Welsh easy when we wrote
Cadw Swn. We give you the tools to do the job in an easy,
convenient way.
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What does the course cover?
Pretty much every tense that you'll need to speak Welsh,
plus a huge amount of vocabulary. Past, present, future and
conditional are all in the course. While there are often
other tenses, or other variants of these tenses, we feel that the
course gives you a great grounding in Welsh.
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I tried learning Welsh in an evening class/using
another course before. It didn't work for me then, why
should I think that Cadw Swn will be any different?
It's funny how people look differently at learning
different things. Personally, I think I found learning to
drive one of the most difficult things to get to grips with.
However, even when I failed I didn't think of giving up -
the norm is that once you start leaning to drive you'll
eventually succeed. I did have to change the way I learnt to
drive though; I took lessons instead of relying solely on my
father.
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Can I use the course anywhere?
Nearly anywhere, but please don't use the course while driving, operating
machinery etc. The course contains relaxation tracks, and
you won't be in the right state of mind to follow it.
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I've heard that the course teaches 'South Wales Welsh'
but I live in North Wales. Do you do a 'North Wales
Welsh' version?
Unfortunately not. Producing a course such as Cadw Swn is
a huge venture, and we can't currently justify the cost of
rewriting and re-recording the entire course.
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Isn't the course expensive?
We actually did some thinking about this recently. Cadw
Swn contains 20 lessons, which could each take anywhere
between 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. That's ignoring any time
you might choose for revision. (Colin allows 2 hours for
each lesson when he's teaching them.) So we calculated that
the course is equivalent to 30-40 hours of tuition by an
experienced tutor, for which you could pay ten times what
we're charging or more!
Since the course also gives you the chance to go
over anything whenever you choose, we should probably be
charging a lot more for it. Buy now before we come to our
senses!
Almost certainly yes. Anywhere that the Royal Mail will
let us.
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How long will the course take to arrive?
We usually ship UK courses by first class post.
International orders are shipped by airmail, which in most
countries usually takes around a week to arrive. We try to
ship out courses within 24 hours of the order being placed
(weekdays).
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What if I'm out when it gets here?
Because we use Royal Mail, who also deliver on Saturdays,
its usually just a matter of calling in at your local post
office.
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What does 'Cadw Swn' mean?
'Cadw' means to keep or maintain, 'swn' is a sound or
noise. 'Cadw Swn' means to make a noise.
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Are there any subliminal messages in the course?
Absolutely not. The recordings are simply classical
tracks with a spoken voice. There are no 'hidden messages',
vocals recorded backwards, etc.
We believe it to be. We've certainly had no indications
otherwise over the years. All our credit card processing is
done by Paypal, a global leader in online payment systems,
who use advanced
encryption methods to ensure that your data is as safe as
possible. If you're still not convinced, however, you can
always order by cheque.
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