{"id":23446,"date":"2022-12-29T09:55:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/tiktok-welsh-speakers-use-social-media-to-teach-others"},"modified":"2022-12-29T10:17:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T10:17:44","slug":"tiktok-welsh-speakers-use-social-media-to-teach-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/tiktok-welsh-speakers-use-social-media-to-teach-others","title":{"rendered":"TikTok: Welsh speakers use social media to teach others"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Welsh speakers are turning to TikTok to promote the language and teach it to others. The social media platform is helping to connect lovers of the language with new learners.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the one thing with TikTok that\u2019s different is the videos are short and sweet. You\u2019re able to engage with people,\u201d said one creator. It comes as recent census data shows that there is a decline in Welsh speakers.<\/p>\n

Bethany Davies from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, has about 44,000 TikTok followers and has made a career out of sharing the Welsh language and culture. Call for Welsh language teachers in Patagonia<\/p>\n

Welsh \u2018fastest growing language in UK\u2019 The 23-year-old history graduate grew up speaking Welsh, and says she feels \u201cprivileged\u201d not to have known life without it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am one of five children and when my two eldest siblings were young, [my family] moved to this area and at the time the best school in the area was Welsh,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Having made the decision that her children would have a Welsh-medium education, Bethany\u2019s mother threw herself into learning the language. \u201cShe went to night school, while my sisters were really small.<\/p>\n

Five kids all under the age of 10, while learning this new language. So to me she\u2019s this massive inspiration,\u201d said Bethany. \u201cI never knew anything different.<\/p>\n

I went to a Welsh cylch, like a creche, a Welsh primary school, a Welsh secondary school. \u201d She continued: \u201cAfter I left school, I went to an English college, and then I went to university.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that I lost my Welshness, it\u2019s just that it kind of went on the backburner. \u201cThat sense of pride in my Welshness, it kind of went, and I think that happens for so many of us Welsh speakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started my TikTok, it was during the pandemic and I was stuck in university in lockdown with my husband, who is not a fluent Welsh speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was missing speaking Welsh with people, face to face. It just made me realise how much I took for granted. \u201d \u2018It\u2019s brought it back to life\u2019<\/p>\n

Looking to reconnect with Welsh after beginning to feel \u201crusty\u201d was also the main motivation for TikTok creator Nicky Gamble from Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taf, who also has more than 40,000 followers on the platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have grown up speaking Welsh, just through education. I went to a Welsh nursery, a Welsh primary school, a Welsh secondary school.<\/p>\n

So everything we were taught \u2013 history, maths, science \u2013 it was all done in Welsh,\u201d she said. \u201cMy parents don\u2019t speak Welsh. It was something I mainly associated with school and friends.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old continued: \u201cI\u2019ve always been really proud of the fact that I can speak Welsh, and I\u2019ve always been proud that, as a country, [we] have our own language.<\/p>\n

\u201d Nicky, who works full-time in recruitment, joined TikTok with her two stepdaughters, as a hobby during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s found that being able to share her Welsh language skills has spurred her on to keep it up. \u201cI wanted to make it fun, I wanted Welsh to seem cool,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started making TikToks with some Welsh in there, and just kind of made it a bit cheeky as well, and I think that\u2019s what attracted a lot of attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter school, I didn\u2019t really speak a lot of Welsh, so I found TikTok really useful, it\u2019s brought it back to life for me.
\n\u2018It\u2019s for everyone\u2019<\/p>\n

While both Bethany and Nicky use a variety of social media platforms, they recognise TikTok as being particularly accessible for people looking to learn something new.<\/p>\n

Nicky said: \u201cFacebook is more for people you know, Instagram is quite posey, I think. Whereas TikTok is everything. And you have quite a large audience on there as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people judge TikTok and think it\u2019s just for youngsters, and it\u2019s not. It\u2019s really for everyone. \u201d<\/p>\n

She added that the algorithm on TikTok helps people to return to what they like watching. However, she was shocked to attract such a large following. \u201cIt\u2019s surprising to see how many non-Welsh speakers are interested in what I\u2019m saying.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s good, they didn\u2019t just scroll past. \u201d Bethany grew up with social media from a young age, but says joining TikTok let her \u201cstart a fresh\u201d as a content creator.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith TikTok, I didn\u2019t tell anyone about it. I really carved this name for myself as this Welsh girl, and I am proud of that and I will happily wear that with honour,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the one thing with TikTok that\u2019s different from any other app is the videos are short and sweet.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re able to engage with people, I feel, on a better level. \u201d Bethany became a content creator after illness forced her to pause her planned masters degree studies.<\/p>\n

She too has been surprised by the large and diverse interest in her Welsh content. \u201cDefinitely in the beginning it was younger people,\u201d she said. \u201cI tend to utilise a lot of TikTok trends, and I incorporate Welshness into it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, at the same time, I\u2019ve been surprised by how many older people I have engaged with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey grew up speaking Welsh, but maybe unfortunately their family don\u2019t anymore.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s nice for them to have someone to speak with and for them it represents their community, their childhood and all those things that make them who they are.<\/p>\n

\u201d Dancing with my nan made TikTok my full time job TikTok: Mum posts thanks to nurses who spoke Welsh to son<\/p>\n

Bethany believes there are a lot of \u201cmisconceptions\u201d about Welsh. \u201cI grew up in this bubble where Welsh wasn\u2019t even questioned. The status of the language, whether it is alive or dead.<\/p>\n

And then I went to university it was \u2018What do you mean you speak Welsh?\u2019, \u2018What is that?\u2019, \u2018I thought that was a dead language?\u2019 \u201cIt really just shows there is a world outside my little town.<\/p>\n

Being on TikTok showed me more of people\u2019s misconceptions so I am now on my little mission to correct that. \u201d She continued: \u201cI think as Welsh speakers we have a responsibility to make the language as accessible as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing that I never really thought of as a Welsh speaker was other people\u2019s perceptions of Welsh, and how difficult it is for them to learn it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t do everything, but I can make a community that is non-judgmental and wants to help people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should be a happy thing, you should want to learn it and it should be a fun thing. It shouldn\u2019t come from a place of feeling bad or that you should. \u201d \u2018It will survive this blip\u2019<\/p>\n

On the future of the language, Bethany added: \u201cIt\u2019s an ancient language, it\u2019s one that has survived many campaigns against it. So I think it will survive this little blip as well.<\/p>\n

I have faith in the language, I have faith in my people, and I have faith in us to keep it going. \u201d Nicky said the decline in Welsh speakers was disappointing, but it motivated her to encourage others to learn the language.<\/p>\n

\u201cTikTok, it\u2019s free, and you can hear someone speaking Welsh.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think it\u2019s easier to access, perhaps, and that pushes me to continue wanting to do Welsh content.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to see the numbers rise again and people take an interest in the language.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a part of who we are, our story. I just feel if we lost the language we would lose our identity. \u201d To anyone interested in learning Welsh, she said: \u201cJust give it a go, take it slow.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re not in a competition with anyone. Utilize all the different tools that are out there. \u201d Bethany added: \u201cFor any language the best way is to immerse yourself in it as much as you can.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust start listening to some Welsh music, watch some Welsh TV or Welsh films. Engage with Welsh media. \u201cIt\u2019s meant to be fun, so don\u2019t put too much stress on yourself.<\/p>\n

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