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Assessing the
contribution of Twf
The Twf project staff and methods have been
independently evaluated on three separate
occasions. 10 Each evaluation has concluded
that Twf has made significant progress in
bringing bilingualism into the mainstream
work of midwives and health visitors. The
project has also been credited with considerable
success in raising awareness amongst
parents, prospective parents and the public at
large of the advantages of bilingualism. What
is far more difficult to measure in any precise
way is the extent to which the project is succeeding
in changing the language patterns of
parents in order to increase the number of
children speaking Welsh in the home.
«A wide range of factors influence decisions
about language choice and it is
impossible to isolate the influence of
Twf. There is, however, no shortage of
anecdotal evidence that Twf is making
a valuable contribution not on-ly to this
aim, but also the broader aim of helping
all families to make an informed
choice, irrespective of language background.»
11
Further information about the Twf project,
family language transfer and other initiatives
for Welsh language revitalisation can be gained
from the sources listed in the bibliography.
10 See in the bibliographie, Morris & Jones 2002; Edwards & Pritchard
Newcombe 2003; and Irvine et al 2006
11 Edwards, V. K. and Pritchard Newcombe, L. (2003) Evaluation of
the efficiency and effectiveness of the Twf Projekt, which encourages
parents to transmit the language to their children. P.2
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