English: Thank you very much, Chair. I'm very pleased today to be able to publish our national policy on Welsh language transmission and use within families. I said back in February, when publishing the draft version of the policy, that it's important that we understand that the language we use at home affects how comfortable our children feel using that language later in life. Our aim with this work is to support and encourage those with Welsh language skills who perhaps haven't used them lately to speak more Welsh with their children - in other words, to transmit the language to the next generation. The policy focuses on how we can influence this. Of course, the language we use with our children - indeed, all language behaviour - is the result of many different factors. Changing our behaviour isn't easy, particularly when patterns have been established. As the data and research show, there are homes in all parts of Wales where parents can speak Welsh, but for many reasons - lack of confidence, habit, a feeling that their Welsh is, somehow, not good enough - don't use the language with their own children. Therefore, we have to do everything we possibly can to help them to do so. Back in February, I emphasized that I wanted to hear from families as part of the consultation on this policy - this work is being done for families, after all. As part of the consultation and our research into the transmission of the Welsh language, we've heard from families where parents have lost confidence in the use of the language. We've also heard opinions and experiences from parents who are the only adult in the home who is able to speak Welsh. Some of the people we've spoken to have been through the Welsh-medium education system themselves but they have been raised in English-medium households. We've heard, we've listened and we've fed all of these views into this work. One parent - I'll call him Steve - spoke Welsh but explained that his partner didn't. Steve's partner felt that there was something missing from her life because she didn't speak Welsh. Neither she nor Steve wanted their child to miss out. We've also heard from Lucy. Lucy can speak Welsh, and, in looking back at her time at school, she remembers that she only started using the Welsh she had in her teenage years. She's now an adult and a mother, and has a different perspective on her Welsh language ability. She was eager to use the language with her child from the very beginning. Each of these different perspectives, and many others, has enriched the development of this policy. Of course we need to help parents to begin their own journeys with the language by offering opportunities to them to learn Welsh, and that's why we are already supporting that through the work of the National Centre for Learning Welsh, Mudiad Meithrin and other partners. But the focus of this policy is to influence homes where people can already speak Welsh in order to help them to use the language with their children. This will contribute to increasing the number of Welsh speakers and, all-importantly, double the daily use of Welsh, Cymraeg 2050's two main targets. One single thing won't make more people transmit the Welsh language. This policy presents a series of actions that we will put in place over the next decade in order to create a virtuous circle of parents using Welsh with their children, and those children likewise speaking Welsh with their own children. We want to build on the foundation of work undertaken in Wales over many years; we don't want to reinvent the wheel. We now need to push the boundaries and experiment with new ways of working, by taking risks from time to time, being prepared to fail, but also learning from those failures, and doing so without pointing the blame at anyone. Only by doing this can we understand the impact of our work and improve it. We want to create an environment of collaboration between individuals and organisations where everyone has an opportunity to share. After all, nobody has a monopoly on good ideas. We won't see all the results of our work overnight. What we're trying to achieve is intergenerational - that's the whole point. But the work of ensuring that there are future generations of Welsh speakers in the family begins today. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Gadeirydd. Dwi'n hapus iawn heddiw i allu cyhoeddi ein polisi cenedlaethol ar drosglwyddo'r Gymraeg a'i defnydd mewn teuluoedd. Dywedais i yn ôl ym mis Chwefror, wrth gyhoeddi'r fersiwn drafft o'r polisi, ei bod hi'n bwysig inni ddeall bod yr iaith rŷn ni'n ei defnyddio gartref yn effeithio ar ba mor gyfforddus mae'n plant ni'n teimlo wrth ddefnyddio'r iaith honno nes ymlaen yn eu bywydau. Ein nod ni gyda'r gwaith yma yw cefnogi ac annog pobl sydd â sgiliau Cymraeg, ond efallai sydd heb eu defnyddio'n ddiweddar, i siarad mwy o Gymraeg gyda'u plant nhw - hynny yw, i drosglwyddo'r iaith i'r genhedlaeth nesaf. Mae'r polisi yma yn canolbwyntio ar sut i ddylanwadu ar hyn. Wrth gwrs, mae'r iaith rŷn ni'n ei siarad gyda'n plant ni - yn wir, pob ymddygiad iaith - yn ganlyniad i lawer o ffactorau gwahanol. Dyw newid ein hymddygiad ddim yn hawdd, yn enwedig unwaith bod patrwm wedi'i sefydlu. Fel mae'r ffigurau a'n hymchwil ni yn eu dangos, mae yna gartrefi ledled Cymru lle mae yna rieni yn medru siarad Cymraeg ond sydd am sawl rheswm - diffyg hyder, diffyg arfer, teimlad nad yw eu Cymraeg nhw, efallai, ddim yn ddigon da - ddim yn defnyddio'r Gymraeg gyda'u plant nhw. Felly, mae'n rhaid inni wneud popeth rŷn ni'n gallu i helpu iddyn nhw wneud hyn. Yn ôl ym mis Chwefror, fe wnes i bwysleisio fy mod i am glywed gan deuluoedd fel rhan o'r ymgynghoriad ar y polisi yma - ar gyfer teuluoedd mae'r gwaith y byddwn ni'n ei wneud yn y maes yma wedi'r cwbl. Fel rhan o'r ymgynghoriad a'n hymchwil ni i drosglwyddo'r Gymraeg, rŷn ni wedi clywed gan deuluoedd lle mae rhieni wedi colli eu hyder nhw yn yr iaith. Rŷn ni hefyd wedi clywed barn a phrofiadau rhieni lle taw nhw yw'r unig oedolyn yn y teulu sy'n medru'r Gymraeg. Mae rhai o'r bobl rŷn ni wedi siarad gyda nhw wedi bod drwy'r system addysg Gymraeg eu hunain ond maen nhw eu hunain wedi'u magu mewn teuluoedd di-Gymraeg. Rŷn ni wedi clywed, wedi gwrando ac wedi bwydo'r safbwyntiau hyn i gyd mewn i'r gwaith. Roedd un rhiant - fe wnaf i ei alw'n Steve - yn siarad Cymraeg ond yn sôn bod ei bartner e ddim. Roedd partner Steve yn teimlo bod rhywbeth ar goll o'i bywyd oherwydd bod dim Cymraeg gyda hi. Doedd hi na Steve ddim am i'w plentyn golli mas. Rŷn ni hefyd wedi clywed gan Lucy. Mae Lucy yn gallu siarad Cymraeg, ac, wrth edrych yn ôl ar ei hamser hi yn yr ysgol, mae'n cofio taw dim ond yn ei harddegau y gwnaeth hi ddechrau ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg oedd ganddi. Mae hi nawr yn oedolyn ac yn fam, ac mae ganddi bersbectif gwahanol ar ei Chymraeg hi. Roedd hi'n awyddus i ddefnyddio Cymraeg gyda'i phlentyn o'r cychwyn cyntaf. Mae'r safbwyntiau gwahanol yma, a llawer mwy, wedi cyfoethogi llunio'r polisi hwn. Wrth gwrs mae angen i ni helpu rhieni i ddechrau ar eu taith nhw gyda'r iaith drwy roi cyfleoedd iddyn nhw ddysgu'r Gymraeg, a dyna pam ein bod ni'n cefnogi hynny eisoes drwy waith y Ganolfan Dysgu Cymraeg Genedlaethol, Mudiad Meithrin a'n partneriaid eraill ni. Ond ffocws y polisi yma yw dylanwadu ar gartrefi lle mae pobl eisoes yn gallu siarad Cymraeg er mwyn eu helpu nhw i ddefnyddio'r iaith gyda'u plant. Bydd hyn yn cyfrannu at gynyddu nifer siaradwyr y Gymraeg ac, yn hollbwysig, dyblu'r defnydd dyddiol o'r Gymraeg, sef dau brif darged Cymraeg 2050. Does yna'r un peth ar ben ei hun yn mynd i wneud i ragor o bobl ddewis trosglwyddo'r Gymraeg. Mae'r polisi yma yn cyflwyno cyfres o gamau gweithredu i ni eu dilyn dros y ddegawd nesaf er mwyn creu cylch rhinweddol o rieni yn defnyddio'r Gymraeg gyda'u plant, a'u plant nhw wedyn yn yr un modd yn siarad Cymraeg gyda'u plant nhw. Adeiladu ar sylfaen o waith rŷn ni wedi'i wneud yng Nghymru dros flynyddoedd lawer rŷn ni'n ei wneud, nid ail-greu'r olwyn. Nawr, mae angen inni wthio ffiniau ac arbrofi gyda dulliau newydd o weithio, gan gymryd risgiau o dro i dro, bod yn barod i fethu, ond gan ddysgu o'r methiannau hyn, a hynny heb fwrw bai ar neb. Dim ond drwy wneud hyn mae'n well ac mae ffordd i ni ddeall impact ein gwaith ni. Rŷn ni am greu awyrgylch o gydweithio rhwng unigolion a sefydliadau lle mae cyfle i bawb rannu. Wedi'r cyfan, does gan neb chwaith fonopoli ar syniadau da. Welwn ni ddim o holl ganlyniadau'n gwaith ni dros nos. Mae beth rŷn ni'n dreial ei wneud yn digwydd dros genedlaethau - dyna holl bwynt y peth. Ond mae'r gwaith o sicrhau bod cenedlaethau'r dyfodol o siaradwyr Cymraeg yn y teulu yn dechrau heddiw. Diolch.