Mae pedwar cam yn y broses o ddysgu iaith arall. Y pedair ‘Ec’, dw i’n eu galw nhw: C ymhelliad – C yfle – C yswllt – C adw ati. Gadewch i ni edrych ar y pedwar cam yma. There are four steps in the process of learning another language. The four Cs, I call them: C ymhelliad – C yfle – C yswllt – C adw ati. (Motivation – Opportunity – Contact – Perseverance). Let us take a look at these four steps.

1. Cymhelliad. Mae’n rhaid bod rheswm da gyda chi dros ddysgu’r iaith arall. Nid dim ond diddordeb. Efalle eich bod eisie byw mewn gwlad arall. Eisie priodi person sy’n siarad yr iaith. Eisie pasio arholiad. Eisie swydd sy’n gofyn am fedru’r iaith. Ond heb reswm cryf fyddwch chi ond yn chwarae gyda’r iaith yn y pen draw. Y rheswm cryfa i gyd yw eisie dod yn aelod llawn o’r grŵp arall, e.e. dod yn Gymro/Gymraes Gymraeg yn lle aros yn Gymro/Gymraes ddi-Gymraeg. 1. Motivation. There must be a good reason for you to learn another language. Not just interest. Perhaps you want to live in another country. Want to marry someone who speaks the language. Want to pass an exam. Want a job that requires you to know another language. But without a strong reason you will in the end do no more than play at the language. The strongest reason of all is the wish to become a full member of another group, for example to become a Welsh-speaking person instead of remaining a Welsh person with no Welsh.

2. Cyfle. Rhaid cael cyfle i glywed a gweld yr iaith darged. Cyfle i siarad yr iaith â rhywun arall. Mae mynd i ddosbarth yn help mawr. Ond hefyd mae’n bosib dilyn cwrs yn yr iaith ar-lein neu brynu cwrs sydd â llyfr a CD neu DVD. Y peth mwya pwysig yw cyfle i glywed yr iaith lafar. Y dyddiau hyn mae’r rhyngrwyd yn rhoi cyfle gwych i glywed iaith arall bob dydd. 2. Opportunity. There must be an opportunity to hear and see the target language. An opportunity to speak the language with someone else. Going to a class is a great help. But it is also possible to follow an online course in the language or buy a course with a book and CD or DVD. The most important thing is to have an opportunity to hear the spoken language. These days the Internet provides an excellent opportunity to hear another language every day.

3. Cyswllt. Mae angen cyswllt â’r iaith lafar a hefyd â’r iaith ysgrifenedig. Cyswllt gyda pherson byw sy orau. Pobol mewn dosbarth neu ffrindiau. Os y’ch chi’n dysgu Ffrangeg yn Ffrainc, e.e., bydd gyda chi gyswllt â siaradwyr o’ch cwmpas chi – yn y siopau, yn y gwaith, ar y bws, ym mhob man. Ond gallwch chi ddysgu’n dda heb gyswllt â phobol. Gallwch wrando ar yr iaith trwy’r rhyngrwyd, y radio, neu ar CD cwrs iaith. Gallwch chi siarad â’ch hunan pan fyddwch chi’n gyrru’r car neu’n aros am y bws. Ond chi sy’n gorfod chwilio am y cyswllt! Fydd siaradwyr yr iaith ddim yn dod atoch chi. 3. Contact. You need contact to the spoken language and also to the written. Contact with a real person is best. People in a class or friends. If you are learning French in France, for example, you will have contact with speakers around you – in the shops, at work, on the bus, everywhere. But you can learn quite well without contact with people. You can listen to the language on the Internet, on the radio, or on a CD language course. You can talk to yourself when driving the car or waiting for the bus. But it is up to you to look for the contact! Speakers of the language aren't going to come to you.