Guidelines for chairing a bilingual meeting ::

Chairpersons - points to remember:

• Welcome everyone to the meeting in Welsh and English .
• Explain that the meeting is a bilingual one and that members are welcome to contribute in Welsh or English .
• Check that everyone who needs a headset has one and that it is working. Introduce the simultaenous translator.
• If you speak Welsh:
  • chair as much as possible of the meeting in Welsh in order to give Welsh speakers the confidence to use Welsh
  • if you feel that there is disproportionate use of English in the meeting, you can respond in Welsh to questions or statements made in English
• If you do not speak Welsh :
  • use key phrases to make sure that Welsh is heard regularly throughout the meeting from the Chair.
• Close the meeting in Welsh and English.
• Thank the simultaenous translator.