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THE
PURPOSE of KDL is to help people
not able to attend classes to learn Cornish, though all are most
welcome.
KDL started in 1983 as a result of an
initiative by the Cornish Language Board and has enrolled more than
three hundred students, many of whom have been successful in one
or more of the Board's examinations. Thirty two have reached the
highest grade and have been made Bards of the Cornish Gorsedd. Most
students have achieved distinctions in their grades.
Courses and Examinations
The Cornish Language Board holds four grades of examination,
but there are only three KDL courses
as the second of the three covers both second and third grade examinations.
(KDL students outside Cornwall
do not normally take the second grade exam.)
KDL Online
This website aims to provide an easier - and cheaper -
way of taking the courses and makes KDL
accessible to an even wider audience.
The First Grade course consists of twenty-five lessons, followed by
a number of past examination papers. Registered students will be able
to email their lessons to be marked by KDL
and will have the benefit of the course audio cassette, which is included
in the £10 fee.
The Second/Third Grade course is also available online for students
who have completed the First Grade.
Getting Started
Potential students are invited to try
Lesson 1 for free. Simply email your answers to KDL,
either as a standard email or as an attached MS Word file, and your
work will be marked and emailed back.
If you then decide that you want to continue with the course, please
post the course fee of £10 (cheques payable to Kernewek
dre Lyther) to the address on the contact
page. You will be sent the First Grade Course cassette and will
be able to continue to submit your lessons by email to be marked.
Potential students without easy Internet access who wish to take the
course by the traditional postal method, should contact KDL
for details of the higher fees that apply.
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Roger Garside
Organiser
• About
Mick Paynter
Assistant Organiser
• About
Symon Harner
Previous Organiser
• About
Ray Edwards
Founder
• About
KDL
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