Month: December 2008

Bilingualism and Emotion 2

By Simon

I just want to thank those of you who completed the questionnaire on bilingualism and emotion. There were 36 responses all together, and I’ll be giving a presentation about it tomorrow.

The information collected was very interesting, and wasn’t entirely what we expected. For example, the number of people who preferred to use their first language to express their deepest feelings and terms of endearment wasn’t as high as previous studies have found. What seemed to be more important was the context and how well people know each language.

I’m now collecting data for a study on colour vocabulary. This time I’m looking for bilingual speakers of any language, and monolingual English speakers. If you can help, please complete the questionnaire on this page.

[Update] – for various reasons I will only be collecting data about colour vocabulary from monolinguals online (the data from bilinguals will be collected offline). So if you consider yourself to be a monolingual speaker of English or another language, please complete the questionnaire.

Cyngerdd

By Simon

Neithiwr roedd cyngerdd gan gerddorfa a chôr y cymdeithas cerdd yn y prifysgol, ac mi ganais i yn y côr. Roedd y gerddorfa yn chwarae yn y hanner cyntaf, mi wrandon ni trwy seinyddion, ac roedd hi’n swnio yn wych. Canodd y côr yn yr ail hanner, ac mi wnaethon ni gân gan Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols, efo adran tant y gerddorfa fel grand finale. Aeth y cyngerdd yn dda iawn, roedd y cynulleidfa yn lawn brwdfrydedd, ac mi godon ni mwy na £600. Roedd parti ar ôl y cyngerdd hefyd. Dyna fy unfed cyngerdd ar ddeg eleni!

Ceolchoirm

Areir bhí ceolchoirm ann san ollscoil le ceolfhoireann agus cór an cumann ceoil, agus chan mé sa cór. Sheinn an cheolfhoireann sa chéad leath, agus d’éist muid trí callairí. Chan an cór sa dara leath, agus rinne muid amhrán le Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols, le roinn téide an cheolfhoireann mar grand finale. Bhí an cheolchoirm go h-iontach, bhí an lucht éisteachta/féachana lán díograis, agus chruinnigh muid níos mó na £600. Bhí coisir ann i ndiaidh an cheolchoirm freisin. Seo mó chéad cheolchoirm is déag i mbliana!

Concert

Last night the music orchestra and choir gave a concert in the university, and I was singing in the choir. The orchestra played in the first half, the rest of us listened on speakers in a nearby room, and it sounded great. The choir sang in the second half, and we did a joint piece, Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols, with the string section of the orchestra as our grand finale. The concert went well, the audience was full of enthusiasm, and we raised over £600. These was also a good party after the concert. This was the 11th concert I’ve performed in this year!

Newyddion

By Simon

Dw i ddim wedi ysgrifennu unrhywbeth yma ers sbel – dw i wedi bod yn brysur efo fy astudiaethau. Bydd diwedd y semestr cyntaf yn cyrraedd cyn bo hir, ac mae gen i cryn dipyn o waith i wneud. Bydd arholiad seineg ar ôl Nadolig hefyd. Dw i wedi dysgu llawer o bethau diddorol a defynddiol y semestr hwn, ac yn edrych ymlaen at y semestr nesaf.

Nuacht

Is fad an lá ó scríobh mé rud ar bith anseo – tá mé an gnóthach le mo staidéar. Tiocfaidh deireadh an chéad sheimeastair roimh i bhfad, agus tá a lán obair agam a dhéanamh. Beidh scrúdú foghraíochta agam i ndiaidh an Nollaig chomh maith. Tá mé ag foghlaim go leor rudaí suimiúla agus úsáideach an seimeastair seo, agus ag tnúth leis an cheann seo chugainn.

News

It’s quite a while since I’ve written anything here – I’ve been busy with my studies. The end of the first semester is fast approaching and I have lots of stuff to do before then. I’ll have some phonetics exams after Christmas as well. I’ve learnt a lot of interesting and useful things this semester and am looking forward to the next semester.