Minister for Learning blog – Excellent inspection reports
As Learning Minister I am in a school most weeks and have visited schools the length and breadth of the country, as you would...
Scots & Gaelic
Improving language learning is a key priority for Curriculum for Excellence (CfE). Through changes in learning and teaching and support for leadership, CfE will bring new and exciting opportunities to make languages education stimulating and exciting for all pupils.
Gaelic and Scots are recognised as important subjects in the curriculum, providing a valuable resource for young people to learn about the contribution these languages have made to Scotland’s culture and identity and helping to develop and improve literacy skills.
The five year Gaelic Language Plan launched in July 2010 outlines measures aimed at securing the language’s place in Scotland’s future by raising its status, promoting its use and encouraging the learning of Gaelic.
Links
Wirkin Wi Wirds – Modren Scots Grammar
Scottish Language Dictionaries publication aims to aid discovering, exploring and discussing Scots grammar in the class and beyond.
Guest blog: High standards at the Royal National Mod
Allan Campbell, Senior Adjudicator at this year's Royal National Mod discusses the high standards of language evident at the competition.
#ScotsGaelicXmas
Some useful Scots/Gaelic phrases in the countdown to Christmas.
Literacy and the Scots language
Have a read at these. Hoose, hame, greetin, bonnie, heid, oxter and braw... A lot of people call this ‘slang’. The Scottish Government, UK...