Teaching Scots to speak the language of their neighbours

[Francis Hult]

The Herald

 

Teaching Scots to speak the language of their neighbours

 

A leading Scottish academic has called for community languages to be taught more widely at higher education level, at a time when the number of students reading languages at university continues to fall.

 

The four most widely spoken community languages in Scotland are Punjabi, Urdu, Cantonese and Polish, but it is only possible to study the latter two at university level.

 

Joanna McPake, director for the Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research believes children who study these languages at school should have the same opportunities to study at a higher level as students of the traditional top three - French, German and Spanish - to benefit the students and fill vital positions in the future.

 

Full story:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0916/1221430254727.html

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