Cyfres Amdani: Cofio Anghofio

by Alan Maley, Elin Meek

Llyfr o gyfres Amdani, i ddysgwyr Lefel Uwch. Stori deimladwy am ymdrech dwy chwaer i ddod i delerau dementia eu mam, a'i effaith ar eu bywydau. Addasiad Cymraeg Elin Meek o Forget to Remember gan Alan Maley. A book for Welsh learners, Advanced Level. The story of two sisters who try to come to terms with their mother's illness, and its effect on their own lives. A Welsh adaptation by Elin Meek of Alan Maley's Forget to Remember.

Genres: Fiction

124 pages, Paperback

Published April 6, 2018

About the author

Alan Maley worked for The British Council from 1962 to 1988, serving as English Language Officer in Yugoslavia, Ghana, Italy, France, and China, and as Regional Representative in South India (Madras). From 1988 to 1993 he was Director-General of the Bell Educational Trust, Cambridge. From 1993 to 1998 he was Senior Fellow in the Department of English Language and Literature of the National University of Singapore, and from 1998 to 2003 he was Director of the graduate programme at Assumption University, Bangkok. He is currently a freelance consultant, and Series Editor for the Oxford University Press Resource Books for Teachers series.

His publications include Resource Book for Teachers: Literature, Beyond Words, Sounds Interesting, Sounds Intriguing, Words, Variations on a Theme, and Drama Techniques in Language Learning (all with Alan Duff), The Mind's Eye (with Françoise Grellet and Alan Duff), Learning to Listen and Poem into Poem (with Sandra Moulding), Short and Sweet, and The English Teacher's Voice.

Reviews

[Vcmc]

Mae'r llyfr hwn yn werthfawr ac mae angen straeon sy'n disgrifio Alzheimer's. Yn anffodus, mae'r ysgrifen yma'n fras ac yn anygynnil. Mae'r iaith am dementia'n annerbyniol hefyd. Yn y bôn, cyfle wedi'i wastraffu yw'r llyfr.

[Elisabeth]

Er oedd sawl o'r cymeriadau'n hollol gythruddol, ro'n i'n hoff iawn o'r brif themâu'r llyfr. Mae Alzheimer yn glefyd ddifrifol iawn ac mae e wir yn anodd i ofalu am aelod y teulu sy'n dioddef gyda fe. Ond do'n i ddim yn hoffi'r diwedd, aeth popeth yn rhy syml ac digwyddodd pethau'n rhy gyflym i fod yn gredadwy. Ond heblaw hynny, roedd e'n hawdd iawn i ddarllen. Do'n i ddim yn defnyddio'r rhan fwyaf o'r geiriau wedi'u cyfieithu.

[Nicola Michelle]

I always look forward to getting to the latest book to read on the Dysgu Cymraeg courses and my experiences with then have been variable in terms of enjoyability but they are worth their absolute weight in gold for learning. And as a resource to read in measured steps alongside your level has helped me absolute no end. I’m now reading books outside of the Amdani series (‘normal’ books I suppose) which is a huge achievement for me after only a few years!

This one was probably one of my most enjoyed so far and I was so hooked into the story. It was so raw, heartfelt, at times difficult to read but also wholly compelling. And the fact I understood and followed the plot so well made me feel like a real Welsh reader! Excited to get round to the next in a couple of units time.

[Judith Johnson]

Llyfr da i’r ddysgwyr - ro’n i’n ei mwynhau fe.

Enjoyable, engaging read for Welsh learners with a story featuring the effects of dementia on a family

[Sara Gordons]

Great book for learners. Good story. Didn't have to look up too many words.

[Jade]

Very helpful for Uwch learners - great vocab and sentence structure.
The story is really good at times, but the characters often give off 'men-writing-women' vibes which is a bit of an eye-roll.

I marked it down because of the casual racism towards Cora - the only non-white character in the novel - who doesn't even get a mention in the character list, despite reappearing throughout the story and having a whole chapter dedicated to her. C'mon publishers. #JusticeForCora