Scotland: Bringing home the benefit of learning in Gaelic

[Francis Hult]

The Herald

 

Bringing home the benefit of learning in Gaelic

 

The characters are instantly recognisable to any Scots child; the dialogue less so. But in the Murray household it is not only Anna, Beth and Calum following the adventures of Padraig Post. Father Andrew and mother Catriona may well cock an ear to test how much they can pick up.

 

The couple are part of the growing band of non-Gaelic speakers immersing themselves in the language after having sent their children to Gaelic primary schools.

 

Anna is now P3 and Beth has just started P1 at the Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu, the Glasgow Gaelic School, while three-year-old Calum joins his big sisters next August.

Despite dad hailing from Lewis, the trio help make up the 80%-plus of children now attending the Sgoil Ghaidhlig who come from English-speaking families, with a handful even speaking another European language at home.

 

Full story:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/focus/display.var.2450167.0.Bringing_home_the_benefit_of_learning_in_Gaelic.php

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