School of Welsh

Research Interests

After completing his PhD, Barriers to Bilingualism, at the School of Welsh in 1999, Dr Evas was appointed as an official at the Welsh Language Board, where he established the Research, Grants and Language Technology Unit in 2003, working with companies such as Microsoft and Google to localise software into Welsh. As Director of Policy and Terminology, he was responsible for the Board's corporate policy and planning, as well as standardisation of terminology and placenames, data and research, grants and projects and language technology. He was Director of Strategy of the Welsh Language Commissioner at its inception and joined the School of Welsh , Cardiff University in September 2012.

His main interests are language policy and planning, with a special emphasis on:

• Comparative language policy
• Language technology, translation and translation technology
• Second language acquisition (especially in adults)

Teaching Profile

BA in Welsh: First Language First Year Group

CY1745 Cymru a'i Diwylliant (Wales and its culture) (Coordinator)

BA in Welsh: Second and Final Year

CYXXX Technoleg Iaith mewn Oes Ddigidol (Language Technology in a Digital Age)

MA in Welsh and Celtic Studies

CYD401 Tutor and coordinator of work placements