I'm Dylan. After nearly two decades teaching languages and living abroad, I moved back to Wales determined to finally learn Welsh properly.
I'd learned Chinese and Korean while living overseas and knew how powerful short, structured, audio-led lessons could be. I wanted something similarly clear, modern and adult for Welsh — so I started building it.
I've spent nearly 20 years teaching languages around the world, including in the UK, China, Korea, Poland and the United States. I have a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics, have taught for institutions including UCLA, Cardiff University and UCL, and spent several years working with BBC Learning English.
But Welsh Language Hub grew just as much from my experience as a learner as from my experience as a teacher.
While living in China and Korea, I learned Chinese and Korean using short, structured audio lessons — often while walking, travelling to work or cooking. The best resources made progress feel manageable: useful language, real context, clear explanations and a sense of what to learn next.
When I came home to Wales, I decided it was finally time to learn Welsh properly. I had some school Welsh tucked away somewhere, but actually putting sentences together and using the language confidently was another thing entirely.
I found plenty of good Welsh-learning material, but I kept wishing for a modern, adult course that gave me one clear route forward: hear a real situation, understand what is happening, take the language apart, and then learn how to use it myself.
So Welsh Language Hub started as a simple idea: build the course I wanted to learn from, using the teaching principles I've spent my career working with.
I didn't want another grammar course. I wanted a clear route from hearing Welsh to actually using it.
Sara grew up in Ammanford in the south. Carwyn grew up in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch on Anglesey in the north. That mix is deliberate.
Welsh doesn't sound exactly the same everywhere. When useful differences in vocabulary, pronunciation or everyday expressions come up, Sara and Carwyn try to point out both northern and southern forms without overwhelming beginners.
We'll usually teach one clear, usable form first — while helping you recognise the Welsh you're likely to hear elsewhere in Wales too.
Presenter · Actor · Ammanford, South Wales
Sara is a Welsh actor from Ammanford and one of the two presenters guiding you through Quick Cymraeg. You may know her from Pobol y Cwm. She brings a naturally southern voice to the course and helps keep the Welsh conversational, current and grounded in the way people actually speak.
A southern Welsh voice from Ammanford.
Presenter · Actor · Anglesey, North Wales
Carwyn is a Welsh actor from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch on Anglesey and the other presenter you'll hear throughout Quick Cymraeg. You may know him from Stad. He brings a northern perspective to the course and helps learners notice useful differences they are likely to hear around Wales.
A northern Welsh voice from Anglesey.
That question shapes the course.
Instead of beginning with long grammar explanations or unrelated vocabulary lists, Quick Cymraeg starts with situations where Welsh can actually be used.
Ordering a coffee
Greeting somebody
Going to the pub
Talking about what you like
Asking what somebody is doing
Arranging to meet
And gradually, those small interactions build into real conversations.
The teaching methodology and course design behind Welsh Language Hub are mine, drawing on my background in language teaching, applied linguistics and my own experience of learning languages.
The actual Welsh is deliberately shaped by more than one person. It draws on Welsh-speaking friends and family, Sara and Carwyn, books and published learning materials, reliable online sources, and the language I encounter through my own learning.
I don't want Welsh Language Hub to present one person's Welsh as the only Welsh. The aim is to give beginners a clear route into the language while being honest about the variation that makes Welsh a living language.
Our lessons are built around short, everyday conversations so learners encounter useful Welsh in context from the beginning.
We explain how Welsh works when it helps, but without turning every lesson into a grammar lecture.
You shouldn't need to study for months before using the language. The goal is to give you Welsh you can use straight away.
Useful words, phrases and patterns return throughout the course so that gradually they become part of the Welsh you can actually produce.
For us, learning Welsh is about more than learning another language.
Welsh is closely connected to the history, culture and everyday life of Wales, and we want Welsh Language Hub to help more people feel part of that.
You might be returning to Welsh after learning it at school, starting from scratch after moving to Wales, or reconnecting with Wales from somewhere further afield.
Whatever brings you here, you're welcome.
You don't need to wait until your Welsh is perfect before you start speaking it.
Start with Quick Cymraeg and take your first step into everyday Welsh.
Your first 6 lessons are free. No payment details.
