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Classes have paused for Christmas and New Year. We are instead holding a ’Winter School’ to study John of Chyannor, the 17th century story told by Nicholas Boson, as it was recorded by Edward Lhuyd and published by Lhuyd in 1707. Lhuyd will be our primary text. In our first meeting on 19 December we examined the Lhuyd text and considered the derogations from it that were made by various earlier versions in revived Cornish. Our second meeting will be on Thursday 2 January at 20:00, and will focus on the story as folklore and narrative art. The meeting will be held on-line by Zoom. Contact Us if you would like to enrol in this meeting. Picture: St Levan Church, by Jim Champion.

A fortnightly on-line class, by Zoom, every other Thursday at 20:00, for those who have already done a beginners course and now wish to complete Level A of the Council of Europe Common European Framework. The language taught is idiomatic revived Cornish, taking account of all the sources for historical Cornish, and spelled in the system called Kernowek Standard (KS). Classes are conducted mostly in Cornish, lasting one hour, and are based around the eighteen lessons of coursebook Cara Kernowek 2 which is available on the Courses page of this website. Students are expected to spend approximately one hour every week preparing each lesson. The teacher is Ian Jackson, MA (Cantab), MA (Oxon), QTS. Contact Us if you are interested in joining this class. There is no class on 26 December because of the Christmas / New Year break.

A fortnightly on-line class, by Zoom, every other Thursday at 20:00, for those willing to help develop the fourth coursebook in the Cara Kernowek series, to Level B2 of the Council of Europe Common European Framework (approximately equivalent to an A Level or IB). The language explored will be both formal and idiomatic revived Cornish, taking account of all the sources for historical Cornish, and spelled in the system called Kernowek Standard (KS). The teacher is Ian Jackson, MA (Cantab), MA (Oxon), QTS, author of Cara Kernowek Books One to Three. Students should already be confident with Cornish at Level B1. Contact Us if you are interested in joining this class. There is no class on 19 December or 2 January because of the Christmas / New Year break. Instead we are holding our 'Winter School', with two on-line seminars about Nicholas Boson's Jowan Chy an Hordh. See above.