The natural way to learn Welsh

SaySomethingin is a proudly Welsh company.

It was founded with a goal of reversing language shift in Wales, through the development of a totally original language learning methodology.

To make our “natural way to learn Welsh” as easily available and affordable to as many as possible we combined the most appropriate internet and digital technology with personal tutor involvement. This has meant that since its beginnings in January 2009, SaySomethingin Welsh has built a strong and active community of Welsh speakers numbering in the tens of thousands.

More about our history
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Driving technological innovation

Welsh is core to our being, yet the SSi methodology is suited to all languages, so we have a long-term goal of creating courses for every language, especially those that are indigenous or endangered. We will also drive relevant technological innovation to improve how our methodology is conveyed, improving learner understanding and language uptake for as many as possible all over the world.

We have already added new languages to the SaySomethingin learning system and more will be following. We are also developing our learning technology in order to give the best possible language learning experience. We have a passion for languages and language learning and we look forward to helping you learn new languages using our unique approach.

All from our base in Wales.

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Our methodology

Aran developed the SaySomethingin Method based on his experiences attempting to learn multiple languages – from Italian to Shona, from Thai to Arabic.

The patterns he noticed led him in the direction of studying neuroplasticity and how memories are formed, and that remains the core of the method – but he has also been fine-tuning the approach based on feedback from learners for over fifteen years.

Memories

Our teaching is based on building long-term memories. Memories for what we call ‘edges’, the gaps between words – each word you learn is presented with different leading and following ‘edges’.
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Edges

The more ‘edges’ you are exposed to, the more skilled you become at producing sentences.
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Mistakes

Making mistakes is essential, as it strengthens the associated memories by becoming tolerant of mistakes in conversation.
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Confidence

All of the above builds confidence about getting into a conversation, so you naturally have more of them and that makes you fluent faster.
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