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Tutor wins Welsh Learner of the Year

9 August 2018

Matt Spry

A University tutor who teaches Welsh to refugees has won the prestigious Welsh Learner of the Year title at the National Eisteddfod.

Matt Spry works in the School of Welsh where he organises and teaches Welsh to refugees and asylum seekers living in Cardiff.

The lessons aim to introduce participants to Welsh language culture and life.

Matt, who is originally from Plymouth, has only been learning Welsh since 2015.

He says that learning Welsh has changed his life completely.

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