What is it about?
This article talks about how the teaching of Gaelic as an additional language in Scottish secondary skills might help support the future use of Gaelic by changing people's knowledge and attitudes. It argues that most students learning Gaelic in secondary won't learn the language to fluency, but that this is not a failure of the education system. It argues that these students will learn about Gaelic and that this will improve the status of the language.
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Why is it important?
A lot of research on very small languages, like Gaelic, focuses on how education will support a language's future use by creating new speakers or by supporting native speakers. This article looks at a population of students who are unlikely to become fluent in Gaelic and asks, "How is their relationship to this language going to impact its future?"
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This page is a summary of: Additional language education and language development goals: the example of Gaelic (learners) education in Highland Council, Scotland, British Educational Research Journal, February 2013, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3040.
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Bòrd na Gàidhlig
This is the website for Bòrd na Gàidhlig, which is is the public body responsible for promoting Gaelic development in Scotland.
Gaelic (Learners) Educatoin
This Education Scotland site contains a wide variety of information about Gaelic (Learners) Education in Scotland, including links to resources and information about assessment.
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