Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:33 pm on 30 January 2019.
May I just say that I’m pleased that you welcome that we have listened to Professor Sioned Davies? I’m also very aware that we need to improve the way in which we teach second language in our schools, and, for that reason, we convened a symposium last year where we brought together people who truly understood and had studied the best way of learning Welsh as a second language globally, and we’ve used that and are demonstrating that as a new way for people to learn Welsh in schools where Welsh is not the main language of the school.
These are issues for the Minister responsible for education, but as regards the qualification, it’s not the Government that’s responsible for the qualification, but, of course, a great deal of work is being done at present to prepare and look at how this continuum will work as regards ensuring that a qualification will be available that will be appropriate for both first language Welsh speakers and those who have gone through the education system without that education being in Welsh throughout the school.