Pan fo addysgwyr yn ddysgwyr – safbwyntiau ar hyder ymarferwyr ail iaith i gefnogi ‘Datblygu’r Gymraeg’ fel ail iaith yn y Cyfnod Sylfaen (Teachers as learners – perspectives on second language practitioners’ confidence in supporting Welsh Language Development as a second language in the Foundation Phase)

Welsh Language Development in the Foundation Phase in Wales is an area of some significance and thus this article focuses on the perspectives of practitioners who speak Welsh as a second language and who teach Welsh as a second language in the Foundation Phase. The depth of challenge of teaching a language in which they are not entirely confident is evaluated, considering some of the implications of their perspectives. The confidence of the practitioners is considered in the context of Welsh policy and curriculum, which suggests that this phase and area of education may be rather invisible in terms of the development of Welsh, but that it impacts a significant number of Foundation Phase pupils in Wales. It is suggested that this element of the Foundation Phase requires consideration and attention in the very near future.