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information about speakers’ Welsh language use and will explore ways of doing this through Welsh
Language Use Surveys.
The original evaluation framework provided an attempt to ensure that our research and
evaluation methods reflected our understanding of the dynamics of language behaviour and the
sociology of language. We will continue to refine and develop this understanding.
Meeting this aim requires collaboration with a number of agencies and institutions, with the
higher education sector playing a key role. We acknowledge that we still need to develop
capacity and expertise to conduct research on the Welsh language and through the medium of
Welsh. Through working in partnership, and encouraging other institutions to benefit from
opportunities to strengthen research infrastructure, we aim to contribute towards raising the
experts and researchers of the future.
As a Government, we have an important contribution to make in terms of promoting
understanding of the relationship between evidence and effective policy development. We will
build on our work highlighting this connection, encouraging our partners and policymakers to
become informed and enquiring users of research.
Our aim: continue to build on our evidence about the
Welsh language and its speakers, as a basis for assessing
the effectiveness of our interventions and developing
Welsh language policy.
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