Adrian Price is a 55-year-old Welshman who currently serves as the Director of Teaching at a Welsh for Adults Centre. He holds a BA in Celtic Studies and a PGCE, as well as a PhD in analyzing errors made in Welsh for Adults examinations. Price has over 30 years of experience teaching Welsh as a second language and tutoring Welsh for Adults students. He has authored several publications on error analysis and Welsh language teaching and has directed multiple research projects funded by the Welsh government.

1. Canolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion
Welsh for Adults Centre Centre
Ysgol y Gymraeg
School of Welsh
Curriculum Vitae
MANYLION PERSONOL/PERSONAL DETAILS
Enw/Name: Adrian Price
Dyddiad geni/Date of birth: 6/9/60
Oed/Age: 55
Cenedl/Nationality: Cymro/Welsh
CYMWYSTERAU/QUALIFICATIONS
CPC Aberystwyth/UCW Aberystwyth
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2. BA (Anrhydedd) IIi mewn Astudiaethau Celtaidd)/BA (Hons) IIi in Celtic Studies
(1982)
CP Abertawe/UC Swansea
TAR/PGCE (1983)
Prifysgol Morgannwg/University of Glamorgan
Ph. D.: 'Dadansoddiad o'r Gwallau a Wneir mewn Arholiadau Cymraeg i
Oedolion'/’An Analysis of the Errors Committed in Welsh for Adults Examinations’
(1997)
Institute of Leadership and Management
Leading and Managing Teams (2005)
SWYDD BRESENNOL/CURRENT POST
Cyfarwyddwr Dysgu/Director of Teaching (2004- )
PROFIAD A SWYDDI BLAENOROL/
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE
AALl Dyfed/Dyfed LEA
Caerfyrddin, Rhydaman/Carmarthen, Ammanford
Athro Cymraeg Cynorthwyol/Assistant Teacher of Welsh (1983-8)
Senedd EM/HM Parliament
Llanelli
Aelod Seneddol Darpariaethol/Prospective Member of Parliament (1987)
Canolfan Iaith Genedlaethol Nant Gwrtheyrn/Nant Gwrtheyrn National
Language Centre
Pwllheli, Gwynedd
Tiwtor Cynorthwyol - Swyddog Cyrsiau/ Assistant Tutor – Course Officer (1988-91)
Polytechnig Cymru/Polytechnic of Wales
Darlithydd yn y Gymraeg/Lecturer in Welsh (1991-2)
Prifysgol Morgannwg/University of Glamorgan
Darlithydd - Uwch-ddarlithydd yn y Gymraeg/Lecturer - Senior Lecturer in Welsh
(1992-2004)
Prifysgol Caerdydd/Cardiff University
Cyfarwyddwr Canolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg/Director of
the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre (2013-14)
MEYSYDD ARBENIGOL/AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Diddordebau Ymchwil/Research Interests: Dadansoddi Gwallau/Error Analysis;
Addysgu Iaith/Language Teaching; Addysg/Education
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3. Gweithgarwch Ymchwil Cyfredol/Current Research Activity: Nid yw ymchwil yn
rhan o’m swydd bresennol./Research is not part of my current job description.
Cyhoeddiadau/Publications:
'Dadansoddi Gwallau Iaith Dysgwyr', yn/in: Barn 380 (1994), 53-55.
'Dadansoddiad o'r Gwallau Ysgrifenedig a Wneir mewn Arholiadau Cymraeg i
Oedolion', Traethawd Ph. D./Thesis (Prifysgol Morgannwg/University of Glamorgan,
1997).
‘An Analysis of the Syntactic Errors of Adult Learners of Welsh’, yn/in Journal of
Celtic Linguistics 7 (1998), 149-58.
‘An Analysis of the Syntactic Errors of Adult Learners of Welsh’, yn/in Proceedings
of the Tenth International Congress of Celtic Studies, Volume One – Language,
Literature, History, Culture (East Linton, 1999) 543.
‘Gwallau a Chywiro: Y Cysyniad o “Rhyngiaith”’, yn/in: Cylchgrawn Addysg
Cymru/Cardiff Journal of Education 8, 1 (1999), 70-80.
'Dadansoddi Gwallau Geirfaol Dysgwyr', yn/in @dborth - Cylchgrawn Ymchwil
Cymraeg i Oedolion, 1 (2000), 7-24.
‘Ymarferion Cyfadferol', yn/in: Y Tiwtor - Cylchgrawn i Diwtoriaid Cymraeg i
Oedolion Rhifyn y Gwanwyn (2001), 4-6.
'Teaching Welsh as a second language to adults' IATEFL 2005: Cardiff Conference
Selections (gol./ed. Briony Beaven) 2005, Canterbury.
2008. Welsh Bandits. In: Phillips, H. ed. Bandit Territories: British Outlaws and their
Traditions. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 58-72.
Gyda/With Mac Giolla Chriost, D. et al. 2012. Welsh for Adults Teaching and
Learning Approaches, Methodologies and Resources: A Comprehensive Research
Study and Critical Review of the Way Forward. Cardiff University
‘Hanes Dadansoddi Gwallau yn y Gymraeg’, yn/in Res Celticae (2014), 87-100.
Cwrslyfrau/Coursebooks
Cúrsa Gaeilge – Cwrs Gwyddeleg Llithfaen: Canolfan Iaith Genedlaethol Nant
Gwrtheyrn
Blwyddyn 3B Cwrs Cymraeg Dwys Prifysgol Morgannwg. Trefforest: Prifysgol
Morgannwg/Treforest: University of Glamorgan
Cymru Gyfoes. Trefforest: Prifysgol Morgannwg/Treforest: University of Glamorgan
Y Gymraeg a’i Diwylliant. Trefforest: Prifysgol Morgannwg/Treforest: University of
Glamorgan
Hanes Cynnar Cymru. Trefforest: Prifysgol Morgannwg/Treforest: University of
Glamorgan
Hanes Diweddar Cymru. Trefforest: Prifysgol Morgannwg/Treforest: University of
Glamorgan
Cymraeg. Trefforest: Prifysgol Morgannwg/Treforest: University of Glamorgan
Cwrs 300 Awr. Caerdydd: Canolfan CiO Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg/Cardiff:
Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre
Cwrs Cefndir. Caerdydd: Canolfan CiO Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg/Cardiff: Cardiff
and the Vale of Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre
a Loh, A. Cwrs Canolradd. Caerdydd: Canolfan CiO Caerdydd a Bro
Morgannwg/Cardiff: Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre
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4. Manylion Cyllid a Ddyfarnwyd/Details of Funding Awarded
2010-2012: £200,000 gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer/£200,000 awarded by Welsh
Government for:
Gyda/With Mac Giolla Chriost, D. et al. 2012. Welsh for Adults Teaching and
Learning Approaches, Methodologies and Resources: A Comprehensive Research
Study and Critical Review of the Way Forward. Cardiff University
2012-15: KESS PhD Scholarship.
2014: £235,292 gan Lywodraeth Cymru i redeg Cymhwyster Cenedlaethol Tiwtoriaid
Cymraeg i Oedolion/£235,292 from Welsh Government to run the National Welsh for
Adults Tutor Qualification
2014: £291,623 – Grant Datblygu Cymraeg i Oedolion/Welsh for Adults Development
Grant
Cynrychiolaeth Allanol/External Representation:
Ymgynghorydd Addysgol Canolfan Iaith a Threftadaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn/Educational
Consultant for the Nant Gwrtheyrn Language and Heritage Centre
Cyn-Gadeirydd Grŵp Ffocws y Cymhwyster Addysgu Cymraeg i Oedolion/Former
Chair of the Welsh for Adults Teaching Qualification Focus Group
Cyn-aelod o Bwyllgor Llywio’r Cymhwyster Addysgu Cymraeg i Oedolion/Former
member of the Welsh for Adults Teaching Qualification Steering Committee
Cyn-aelod o Banel Adnoddau Cymraeg i Oedolion ELWa/Former member of ELWa’s
Welsh for Adults Resources Panel
Cyn-aelod o Gonsortiwm Cymraeg i Oedolion Caerdydd a’r Fro/Former member of the
Cardiff and Vale Welsh for Adults Consortium
Profiad o hyfforddi athrawon Cymraeg fel ail iaith a thiwtoriaid Cymraeg i Oedolion
drwy Gymru/Experience of training teachers of Welsh as a Second Language and Welsh
for Adults tutors throughout Wales
Cynrychiolydd ar y Gweithgor Ymchwil Cymraeg i Oedolion
Cenedlaethol/Representative on the National Welsh for Adults Research Group
Cynrychiolydd ar y Gweithgor Cwricwlwm CiO Cenedlaethol/Representative on the
National Welsh for Adults Curriculum Group
Cynrychiolydd ar y Gweithgor Ansawdd CiO Cenedlaethol/Representative on the
National Welsh for Adults Quality Group
Cyn-gynrychiolydd ar Grŵp Ansawdd y VLN/Former representative on the Vale
Learning Network Quality Group
Cyn-gynrychiolydd ar Grŵp Rheoli DOG Bro Morgannwg/Former representative on
the Vale of Glamorgan ACL Management Group
Cyn-gynrychiolydd ar Grŵp Ansawdd y CCLN/Former representative on the Cardiff
Community Learning Network Quality Group
Cynrychiolydd ar Grŵp Gweithredol y CVCLP/Representative on the Cardiff and Vale
Community Learning Partnership Operational Group
Cynrychiolydd ar Grŵp Ansawdd a Data’r CVCLP/Reprentative on the CVCLP Quality
and Data Group
Cyn Aelod o Bwyllgor Dysgwyr Menter Iaith Rhondda Cynon Taf/Former member of
the RCT Welsh Language Imitative Learners Group
Cyn Gadeirydd CYD Morgannwg Ganol/Former Chair of the Mid Glamorgan Welsh
Learners Council
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5. Cyn Gadeirydd CYD Pontypridd/Former Chair of the Pontypridd Welsh Learners
Council
Enghraifft o Waith Ymgynghorol Diweddar/Examples of Recent Consultancy:
Dilyswr Allanol ac Arholwr Allanol ar gyfer BA Addysg Uwchradd Gymraeg yn
Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd, (1999-2002)/External Validator and Examiner for
BA Welsh Secondary Education at Cardiff Metropolitan University (1999-2002)
Welsh at Home, http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/welshathome/, BBC Cymru/Wales 2005-
6.
Arholwr Allanol ar gyfer Cwrs Croeso y Brifysgol Agored (2013-15)/External
Examiner for the OUP Cwrs Croeso (2013-2015)
Aseswr Allanol ar gyfer Cwrs Discovering Wales and Welsh (2014-16)/External
Assessor for OUP Course Discovering Wales and Welsh (2014-16)
CANOLWYR/REFEREES
Dr Rachel Heath-Davies
Cyfarwyddwr/Director
Canolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg/Cardiff and the Vale of
Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre
Ysgol y Gymraeg/School of Welsh
Prifysgol Caerdydd/Cardiff University
CAERDYDD/Cardiff
CF10 3EU
(029) 2087 6554
Heath-DaviesR@caerdydd.ac.uk
Athro/Professor Colin Williams
Athro a Chydymaith Coleg St Edmwnd, Prifysgol Caergrawnt/Visiting Professor and
Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge University
4 Sherborne Avenue,
Cyncoed,
Caerdydd CF236SJ
WilliamsCH@cardiff.ac.uk
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6. Cyn Gadeirydd CYD Pontypridd/Former Chair of the Pontypridd Welsh Learners
Council
Enghraifft o Waith Ymgynghorol Diweddar/Examples of Recent Consultancy:
Dilyswr Allanol ac Arholwr Allanol ar gyfer BA Addysg Uwchradd Gymraeg yn
Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd, (1999-2002)/External Validator and Examiner for
BA Welsh Secondary Education at Cardiff Metropolitan University (1999-2002)
Welsh at Home, http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/welshathome/, BBC Cymru/Wales 2005-
6.
Arholwr Allanol ar gyfer Cwrs Croeso y Brifysgol Agored (2013-15)/External
Examiner for the OUP Cwrs Croeso (2013-2015)
Aseswr Allanol ar gyfer Cwrs Discovering Wales and Welsh (2014-16)/External
Assessor for OUP Course Discovering Wales and Welsh (2014-16)
CANOLWYR/REFEREES
Dr Rachel Heath-Davies
Cyfarwyddwr/Director
Canolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg/Cardiff and the Vale of
Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre
Ysgol y Gymraeg/School of Welsh
Prifysgol Caerdydd/Cardiff University
CAERDYDD/Cardiff
CF10 3EU
(029) 2087 6554
Heath-DaviesR@caerdydd.ac.uk
Athro/Professor Colin Williams
Athro a Chydymaith Coleg St Edmwnd, Prifysgol Caergrawnt/Visiting Professor and
Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge University
4 Sherborne Avenue,
Cyncoed,
Caerdydd CF236SJ
WilliamsCH@cardiff.ac.uk
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