This is a book about learning and using a second language.
Although the book describes the experiences of Welsh learners and provides advice on how to sustain motivation and use classroom language in the community it is useful for anyone learning and seeking to use a second language.
An extract from the publisher's AI follows:
Thousands of people each year set out to learn Welsh – through evening classes, week-long courses, WLPAN and other sessions. But a large proportion drop out – and for many, the biggest challenge is going out from the classroom into the community and speaking Welsh in shops, schools, homes, churches, pubs.

The author tackles this problem in a way no-one has done before. She examines situations where learners have found it difficult to use their Welsh. The book speaks to three groups of people:

• If you are a learner yourself, there are tips to help you to be braver with your attempts to use your new language.
• If you teach Welsh, Lynda has tips for you, too, on how to equip your students to use Welsh outside the classroom.
• If you are a first-language Welsh-speaker, maybe you feel you don’t know how best to help learners – this book will help you!
• If you learning a language other than Welsh there are many tips for you in this book.