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Friday, February 08, 2002  


Mae’n ddrwg gen i. Dw i ddim wedi cael siawn i bostio neges yma yr wythnos ‘ma. Dw i wedi bod yn brysur iawn - gweithio yn galed, cael cachu gan y twatiau yn y swyddfa, dumuno mae ‘na swydd arall ‘da fi. Chimod - fel arfer.

Pam rhaid i ddynion bod tyllau tinau pan maen nhw’n cwrdd â dynes mwy o ddeallus ‘na nhw? Dw i ddim yn gwybod, ond dw i wedi cael llond bol o ddynion gwreig-gasaol gyda inferiority complex.

Eniwe, dw i’n dal i ddarllen The Language Instinct, ond mae ‘na newyddion drwg ‘da Steven Pinker:

"Everyone knows that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in adulthood that a first language in childhood. Most adults never master a foreign language, especially the phonology [sounds that make up syllables] - hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often ‘fossilises’ into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap even for the best adults in the best circumstances."

Na! Roeddwn i ddim eisiau clywed hynny! Dw i wedi bod dysgu Cymraeg ers tair blynedd, a dw i eisiau bod rhugl. Dw i’n gwybod fod fy Nghymraeg ddim yn perffaith eto - dw i’n dibynnu ar fy ngeiriaduron, (mae ‘na bedwar ohonyn nhw ‘da fi!) a dw i’m yn siwr yn lân am ramadeg, threigladau ac idiomau. Ond dw i’n meddwl fod i’n alluog o siarad yn rhugl, jyst dw i ddim yn cael siawns i siarad gyda pobl o ddydd i ddydd. Wedi’r cyfan, dw i’n byw yn Lloegr.

Ond, efallai, dydy ieithoedd yn dysgu yn dda iawn. Mae’r cyrsiau yn dwl, dydy’r geiriaduron wastad ddim yn rhy ddefyniol, ac does ‘na ddim llawer o gefnogi i ddysgwyr… Dw i ddim eisiau meddwl fod fy oed yn ar fai am fy mhroblemau gyda’r iaith, dw i eisiau meddwl os dw i’n gweithio’n galed, bydda i’n bod rhugl yn y diwedd.

Ydy hynny dim byd ond breuddwyd?

posted by Suw | 7:15 PM


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