Examines the effect in the primary and secondary school levels of teaching through the medium of Welsh and the response of the University of Wales. The media and the educational system are two formal social organizations which help the threatened Welsh language to survive. Another would be the establishment of a Welsh-medium university. (SED)

Highlights the danger of using already constructed typologies implying permanent relationships between elements and monolithic categories to analyze real examples of language conflict. A specific case of an established bilingual secondary school in Wales illustrates this danger. (Author/CB)

Describes the history of the status of the Welsh language from the Acts of Union in 1536 and 1543 to the present day. The teaching of Welsh in the country's primary and secondary schools and career and employment opportunities in the the Welsh language are also discussed. (SED)