Articles categorised as Education
Plays in Scots for Schools
Roy McGregor and Liz Niven have edited a new book entitled 'Scottish Plays for Schools' through the Association for Scottish Literary Studies and published by Hodder Gibson. This work includes six...
"We like writing in Scots" say children
Children participating in a project run by Literature in Learning and Itchycoo have told of their enthusiasm for writing in Scots. A report about the project in now on the Literature in Learning...
Culture Studies of the Highlands and Islands
This exciting and innovative course gives you the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the varied and fascinating cultural identity of the Highlands and Islands as you live and study among...
Scots within the curriculum
Anyone with an interest will doubtless wish to scrutinise the Curriculum for Excellence website which contains an online version of the ‘Literacy and English document’ which also mentions the...
Network for Multilingualism in Europe Established
The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) has decided to set up a network to promote European multilingualism, with a particular focus on Europe’s regional and minority languages. Many...
Scots language teaching packs
The following contain a variety of resources for use in the primary level classroom. Turnstones S1. R Robertson, A Donovan, B Fitzpatrick, S Hughes, L Niven, J Allan ISBN 9780340790366 Match...
Craigmillar baby books
The Craigmillar Books for Babies scheme has been going for 10 years. As well as work done in the community there are colourful illustrated rhyme cards which can be downloaded. These include...
Booktrust advice for baby books
Scottish Booktrust have a pamphlet on reading with young children, aimed at parents and carers. It is available in Scots: 'Stertin-up wi buiks'
Scots language at university
Want to study Scots language at university? Here are courses available at Scottish universities. Edinburgh University Scots language has previously been offered to first year students within...
Bookstart
www.bookstart.co.uk is UK wide literacy development charity with an identifiable Scottish presence. They produce a songsheet/mat of nursery rhymes for babies. This year it includes nursery rhymes...
LTScotland
www.LTScotland.org.uk/earlyyears is the official guidance to those involved in birth to 3 caring provision. There is information on projects and examples of best practice from across Scotland....
Resources for pre-3
The following are links or resources that would be suitable for teaching or using Scots with babies and toddlers. www.scuilwab.org.uk www.mamalisa.com/world/scotland.html www.itchy-coo.com
Secondary level online resources
Secondary level online resources can be found on the following websites. Glasgow University A collection of material by Scots (some in Scots language). Plays, prose, poetry, language criticism,...
University level resources
Resources for university level Scots study include the following. http://dinamico2.unibg.it/anglistica/slin/scot-bib.htm An online bibliography compiled by Caroline Macafee and maintained by...
ASLS
www.asls.org.uk The Association of Scottish Literary Studies produce materials for schools, run conferences on Scots language issues and produce publications about Scottish writing. Most...
Langholm Academy Project
In 2007 Liz Niven worked on an Arts Across the Curriculum project with pupils at Langholm Academy. The aim was to compile text based on the language of Langholm. Using the poetry of Langholm's...
Kirkhill Primary, Broxburn
Follow this link to read about an ongoing project at Kirkhill Primary, Broxburn. The aim is to encourage the use of Scots at all levels and across the curriculum.
Scots language at St Ninians Primary School Stirling 2002/2003
In 2002/2003 St Ninians Primary School children embarked on a remarkable project involving a collection of Scots words. Assistant headteacher Elaine Wyllie used her previous experience of...
Scots language at St Ninians Primary School Stirling 2008
Since the collection of words started in 2002, it has continued to grow. With help from Scots Language Dictionaries the words have been gathered in a database. Class representatives will shortly...
Introduction
In this section there is information about learning the Scots language and information about how Scots is used in educational settings. Projects, research results and examples of good teaching...
Scots language books for children
Scottish Children's Press have a range of books written in Scots suitable for nursery and primary children. The publisher is also interested in hearing from teachers who wish to be involved in...
MSP Asks About the Use of Scots Language in Scottish Schools
Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP for the West of Scotland, has written to the education directors of all of Scotland’s cooncils to ask whether in-service days for teachers cover discrimination against...
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Jined-up letters: a Scots metaphor
Ma wee lassie, wha's no lang tirnt five, has jist startit lairnin tae scrieve in jined-up letters at the scaill. "En attaché", they cry it here in Fraince. "Dad," she sayz til iz the ither day,...
Aboot the Ainu
Whit d'ye mak o this? - http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/03/asia/03ainu.php Thir's ae braw line, juist at the end, that gar me lauch out loud: "It's not healthy to keep blaming...
Purves outlines the Way Forward for Scots
In the following article, veteran Scots campaigner, David Purves, outlines his views on the ways in which Scots could be encouarged and supported. The article first appeared in the Scots...
Scots evening class
In September 2008 Edinburgh City Adult Education Department ran an evening class entitled 'Storytelling in Scots'. The course was designed to help people revive their spoken Scots language in a...
Graphic Novel
2008 has seen the publication of a graphic novel version of Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde. The original novel was turned into something similar to a screenplay, the text of which was translated into...
Scots Language teaching seminar
A seminar aimed at teachers wishing to use Scots language in the classroom took place at the Scottish Learning Festival on 25th September 2008 at the SECC, Glasgow. This seminar was part of a...
Resource for Ulster Scots students
Ullans-L is a free online resource with information about Ulster-Scots. Run by Ian James Parsley it contains information about Ulster-Scots, for instance in a question and answer section there are...
Shetland dialect at Learning Festival
Dialect teaching resources from Shetland will be displayed during Scotland’s Festival of Learning at the SECC in Glasgow this week. (24th-25th September) Da Ditty Box and Da Gaer Box are the...
A Shetland counting song
Wir class rules, ok Wir class rules ok was written by Annette Gear and Rena Nisbet and is featured on Gear Box, the new CD available from Shetland ForWirds. The CD is a collection of stories,...
Scots Report from Holyrood
The following report appeared in Holyrood magazine. Thanks to Cera Murtagh and Holyrood for allowing us to reproduce it here. For more information about Holyrood visit www.holyrood.com The...
"Encourage children to speak Scots" says MSP
Rob Gibson MSP, convener of the Cross-Party Group on Scots, called on Scotland's schools to encourage children's use of Scots. Speaking in a debate on the United Nations Convention on the Rights...
"Scots Education is a Human Right"
Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP for the West of Scotland, has lodged a motion stating that a recent pronouncement by the EU Parliament Civil Liberties Committee clearly implied that it was a human right...
Burns Birthday Conference
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies is to mark the 250 anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns with a one day conference entitled ‘Burns’ Language: Then and Now.’ The conference will be...
Teaching English and Orcadian Scots in the primary classroom
The following link is to the Elphinstone Kist and an article containing the experiences of Margaret Flaws from Orkney. http://www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/kist/search/display.php?mrus01.dat A...
Help with encouraging Scots use in the primary classroom.
In 2001 former teacher and lecturer Aileen McEwen wrote about the benefits of using Scots in the classroom, and the wider impact of having two languages. Her article was aimed at probationer...
Scots Language in the Secondary School
The following link to the Elphinstone Kist is to an article by David Johnston about the challenges of Scots use in secondary schools.
An online Scots grammar
The following link leads to a comprehensive Scots language grammar, complete with examples of usage from texts. www.abdn.ac.uk/~enl038/Scotsgrammar.pdf This is a detailed document and demands a...
MSP Spreads Scots from Aberdeen to Argentina!
Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP for the West of Scotland, shared his love of the Scots language with primary school pupils aboard The Reading Bus on Friday 16th January. Dr. Wilson read two Scots poems...
Kay and Riddoch on Scots
This week (Saturday 14 February) Scots language activist, broadcaster and writer Billy Kay was speaking with Lesley Riddoch on her radio programme ‘Aftermath’. Billy began by speaking about...
Equal Opportunities Considers Audit
Last week, the Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee considered the Scots Government's recent audit of Scots language provision. The committee agreed to refer the audit to the...
Scots language research
Research papers about Scots language are available online via the following link. www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/Papers.html#S1 Here ASLS have a series of weblinks to research papers about...
MSP asks for more resources for Scots education
Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP for the West of Scotland, has encouraged the Scottish Government to ensure the adequate resourcing of Scots language education. In General Question Time on 5 March, Dr...
Scottish Government Considering Research into Scots in Schools
Last Thursday, the Minister for Schools and Skills, Keith Brown MSP, revealed that the Government is thinking about comissioning research into Scots language provision in our schools. Responding...
ASLS Conference 2009
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies will be holding its annual conference for 2009 at the Iris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling. The theme this year is entitled "Scottish and...
New book on Cromarty Scots
Am Baile – the cultural and historical website of Highland Council – has produced a beautiful little book about the Scots dialect of the fishing community of Cromarty. The book is divided into...
New Dialect Resources for Shetland Schools
Maria Barclay Millar has produced a CD of Shetland songs all sung in the Shetland dialect, 'Evergreen, Dialect Sangs for Schools'. As a singing teacher, Maria felt there was a need for audio...
Scots Dictionaries on the move
Scottish Language Dictionaries have moved from the School of Celtic and Scottish Studies, the home of Scots language lexicography for a good half century. SLD are now in new premises at 25...
Wigtown Primary encouraging Scots language
Wigtown Primary headteacher Stewart Anderson is a lifelong supporter of the Scots language, and has been instrumental in creating a reading incentive scheme which encourages the use of Scots...
Wigtown Primary Passport scheme
Wigtown Primary headteacher Stewart Anderson is a lifelong supporter of the Scots language, and has been instrumental in creating a reading incentive scheme which encourages the use of Scots...
Shetland resources
Maria Barclay Millar has produced a CD of Shetland songs all sung in the Shetland dialect, 'Evergreen, Dialect Sangs for Schools'. As a singing teacher, Maria felt there was a need for audio...
ABC guide to resources
A guide to literature resources has been made available as a leaflet or pdf download. It contains contact details of organisations in Scotland involved with Scottish literature and other resources...
Research into supporting teachers
The Scottish Literature Forum has commissioned study into how best to support teachers. The aim was to find out how member organisations can communicate with teachers and how they can support the...
Childhood memories in poetry
Childhood for some poets is a rich source of ideas, particularly when using Scots language. For many of these writers, childhood was a time of uninhibited language use, a time when Scots voices...
Starting Thursday – Sheena Blackhall reads Minnie on SLC site
From September the Scots Language Centre will be delivering more audio and video based features to its ever growing online audience. Sheena Blackhall’s novella, Minnie, will be podcast on the...
Scots language classes start in September
CLASSES in Scots language will be launched in Ayrshire at the end of September 2009. The short course of weekly classes will be led by Margery Strattan, who sits on the national committee of...
MSP says Scottish cringe could be overcome by improving Scots-language education
Dr Bill Wilson, an SNP MSP for the West of Scotland and a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on the Scots Language, has written to Michael Russell praising the Scottish...
Scots Language Classes
Registration for Scots language classes, taught by Margery Strattan, will be at 6.45pm in the Community Centre, Caerlaverock Road, Prestwick, KA9 1HR. Registration is £40 though there is also a...
Companion to Scotsoun launch
'A Companion to Scotsoun', written by Dr George Philp, will be launched at the Department of English Language, 12 University Gardens, Glasgow, beginning at 7pm. Speakers will include Dr Philp,...
Scotland's Literature
Donald Smith, Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, will be giving a a six week talk entitled 'Scotland's Literature - Scots, English and Gaelic' at the Centre, 43-45 High Street,...
Teaching Scots and GLOW
Scots Language Centre is working with a range of arts organisations to help promote Scots language and literature teaching resources. Working with the GLOW intranet, the aim is to clarify what...
South Lanark Adult Scots Project
South Lanarkshire Council has recently taken a few steps towards literacy for Scots speakers. David McDonald, who is an Adult Literacy Worker with Community Learning Service, has been working on...
Annual Collogue of Scots Language Society
The Annual Collogue of the Scots Language Society will take place on Saturday 10 October 2009 at the A.K. Bell Library, York Place, Perth. This year’s theme is ‘The Interaction between Scots and...
Colour in the first Scots books
Printing in the Scots Language didn't start in Scotland – it started in Paris in 1503, with two incredibly beautiful books. Densely illustrated with finely drawn woodcuts, the books were produced...
Teaching Scots in Falkirk
A network of teachers in Falkirk has been set up to help support the use of Scots language in education. The experiences of one teacher involved in setting up this group has been outlined in an...
Scottish Language and Literature Research Project in Aberdeenshire
The summary of a report analysing the use of Scots language and literature in certain primary and secondary schools in Aberdeenshire is available.
Question in Scots Makes Parliament History
History was made in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 7 January when an SNP MSP became the first person to ask a parliamentary question and a follow-up question in Scots. Western Isles MSP...
Scots used in adult literacy work.
Here is an article about Scots language used in adult literacy work which was published in the Hamilton Advertiser.Hamilton Advertiser
BBC discussion on Scots attitudes survey
The recent Scottish Government survey on attitudes to Scots is discussed on BBC Scotland.
Alphabet books for bairns.
As part of an ongoing language campaign, Aberdeenshire Council have published an alphabet book for children called 'B is for Foggiebummer'. More information about this project is at Aberdeenshire...
Literature Working Group
The Scottish Government's literature working group has published its policy proposals. The report contains recommendations concerning literature and publising in Scots. This page collects Scottish...
Cross-Party Group on the Scots Language
The Scottish Parliament cross-party group on the Scots language exist to promote the cause of Scots, inform members of the culture and heritage of the language and highlight the need for action to...
Scots language lecture
The Second Angus McIntosh Memorial Lecture takes place next Monday 22 March 2010 at 5.15.Dr Caroline Macafee, Honorary Reader at the University of Aberdeen will talk about 'Scots: A Language of...
LTS launch new site for teachers
Learning and Teaching Scotland have launched a new website aimed at teachers who want more information about using and teaching the Scots language. Packed with information, activities, songs and...
Shetland web site
This is a link to a webside dedicated to Shetland dialect and culture. Created by the Shetland dialect campaign group Shetland ForWirds, it contains education resources for all levels, information...
Falkirk Pupils learn about Scots
A Falkirk primary school is taking a new approach to the use of Scots in the classroom, The Falkirk Herald reports. Pupils at Nethermains Primary have been working with well-known Scots writer...
Liz's list of Materials and resources for using Scots in schools
Hodder & Stoughton publish books for schools including Turnstones, a textbook for English Departments.Scottish Education ed by Bryce & Hume contains a good chapter on Scots language in...
Iseabail's list of resources for learning and teaching Scots
Elphinstone Kist An electronic resource of poetry and prose in North-East Scots, aimed at schools, but with much of interest to a wider public. Edited by Les Wheeler and Sheena Blackhall. A...
Duncan's list of books for Schools
SCOTS SCHOOL DICTIONARY The Scots School Dictionary (Scots-English/English-Scots) is designed to encourage the use of Scots in schools and to provide support in the classroom. It is also a useful...
Iseabail's list of resources about Scots language in literature
Association for Scottish Literary Studies. Deals with literature and language in English, Scots and Gaelic. http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLSBuchan, David (1981) Scottish Tradition: a...
Iseabail's list of Scots language reference resources
General Scottish Language Dictionaries (SLD) have excellent information on Scots, present and past, in their dictionaries – see http://www.scotsdictionaries.org.uk and see especially the...
Duncan's list of Scots language reference books
CONCISE SCOTS DICTIONARY (Scots- English) The Concise Scots Dictionary is the ideal Scots reference work for the reader, learner, speaker or student of the Scots language, and contains a wealth of...
Iseabail's list of resources about Scots in place and personal names
Place-names Dorward, D. (1995) Scotland’s Place-names, Edinburgh: Mercat Press. Drummond, Peter (2007) Scottish Hill Names (new edn of Scottish Hill and Mountain Names 1991), Scottish...
Iseabail's list of Scots language dictionaries
SCOTS LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES, EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESSThe most authoritative dictionaries are those from Scottish Language Dictionaries published by Edinburgh University Press, unless otherwise...
Summer School Language lectures
The University of the Highlands and Islands is offering a series of lectures and workshops on Orkney and Shetland language and culture at a summer school to be held at a number of locations in the...
Edinburgh Library list of rescources for the study of Scots language
Bryght Lanternis, Essays on the language and literature of mediaeval and Renaissance Scotland, Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Press, 1989Whilst dealing with the language historically this work...
Edinburgh Library list of Scots language Glossaries and Dictionaries
Gray Adam, A Scots agricultural glossary, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society, 1997Graham William, The Scots word book, Edinburgh, Ramsay Head Press, 1980Primarily an...
Birds and children
Many Scots songs and poems are about birds. Here are a selection of children's songs and poetry about birds.
Shetland Dialect Coordinator
Bruce Eunson has been appointed to the post of Shetland Dialect Co-ordinator. Bruce started work in April 2010 on a three year contract to deliver the Dialect Development Programme for Young...
Scots in schuils
We tak thae concerns, that we micht succeed in daein herm, tae hert. But ae thing abuin aa ithers maks us haud forrit, an that is the fact an future o Scots in schuils. For we hae reason eneuch...
Express out of date says Centre
Scots Language Centre Director, Michael Hance, has responded to criticisms of plans to encourage children and young people to learn more about the Scots language. In an article in Saturday’s...
Teacher resources from Scottish Booktrust
Follow this link to reach the free online teaching resources provided by Scottish Booktrust. These include teacher notes, lesson ideas, working with film, text or graphic novels and are suitable...
Teacher resources from Learning Teaching Scotland
Follow this link to reach the free online teaching resources provided by Learning Teaching Scotland. With resources divided into sections including Scots and literacy, Robert Burns and Dialects of...
Language, Law and Liberty
Liz Niven and Robin Jackson co-edited the book The Scots Language: Its place in education a few years ago. Here is a link to a follow up article Language, Law and Liberty pdf file.
Scots language history lecture
We have here a link to an historical academic presentation by Dr Dauvit Horsbroch about the Scots language. Dr Horsbroch uses the Scots language to discuss the early evidence of Scots, it's...
The Tale O Peter Kinnen
The well-known Beatrix Potter story 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' has been translated into Scots by Lynne McGeachie and published by the Beatrix Potter Society as 'The Tale O Peter Kinnen' complete...
New Scots book for children
A new Scots language picture book for the very young has just been published. 'Millie' is a story about a Dalmatian dog who loves to steal sandwiches from locations across the North-East of...
Dundee teacher honoured for use of Scots language
The following link is to an article about Dundee teacher Laura Smart and the award she has been given in recognition of the work she has done in the classroom to encourage the use of Scots...
Recognition given for teaching Scots language
Dumbarton Acadamy teacher Ann MacKinnon has been professionally recognised for using Scots language in the classroom. Read more about her award in a report from the Lennox Herald. Lennox Herald
Manifesto Scots
With the Scottish elections due on 5 May, the various political parties have now published their manifestos. The Scots Language Centre has taken the opportunity to check through the manifestos for...
New audio resource for children
The picture book for children 'Millie' is written in Doric by Sheena Blackhall and can now be heard on a website full of resources relating to the book. Listeners can hear the story in Scots and a...
New audio resource for children
The picture book for children 'Millie' is written in Doric by Sheena Blackhall and can now be heard on a website full of resources relating to the book. Listeners can hear the story in Scots and a...
New Minister for Scots Announced
Alasdair Allan MSP is to be appointed the Minister for Scots. The First Minister chose Dr Allan as Minister for Learning and Skills when he announced his ministerial team on Friday. Dr Allan...
The Guardian on the Return of Scots
As part of a series on what Scottish independence would mean, The Guardian carried an article about the return of the Scots language last Friday. The article mentions MSPs taking the oath in Scots...
Ewan McVicar
Ewan McVicar has created a new website containing traditional and new Scots songs for use in schools. With lots of songs to listen to and lyrics to read the site is a useful resource for primary...
Katie picture books
A series of Scots language board books for the very young have been published. All are available from Black & White Publishing or from Scotlands BooksKatie's YearKatie's BeastiesKatie's Zoo
The news in Scots
BBC Scotland has produced a range of new Scots language resources. Check them out at the BBC Learning Zone.
Rab Wilson - Tradition of Scots language
BBC Scotland has produced a range of new Scots language resources. Check them out at the BBC Learning Zone.
Scots language to have a place in Scottish studies
In the Scottish Parliament's first education debate of session four, the Cabinet Secretary for Education an Lifelong Learing, Michael Russell MSP, announced the SNP Government's intention to give...
Alice in Wonderland in Scots
Long standing enthusiast for all things Scots and one-time volunteer at the Scots Language Centre, Sandy Fleming, has translated Lewis Caroll’s famous and ever popular Alice’s adventures in...
Scotspeak
Scotspeak was first published by the SLC’s predecessor organisation, the Scots Language Resource Centre. It was hugely popular with actors and others who wanted to know what Scots and Scottish...
Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses 2
Welcome to the second part of the podcast 'Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses'. This year long series explores the history of Scotland's royal dynasties in the Scots language. In this part we hear about...
Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses 1
Welcome to the first part of the podcast 'Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses'. This year long series in the Scots language explores the history of Scotland's royal dynasties. In this part we have an...
Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses 3
Welcome to the third part of the podcast 'Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses'. This year long podcast series explores the history of Scotland's royal dynasties in the Scots language. In this part we...
"A Language Strategy for Scots"
The following paper was given by Andy Eagle at a conference on 'Strategies for Minority Languages, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland' held at Queens University Belfast...
Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses 4
Welcome to part four of the podcast series 'Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses'. This year long podcast series explores the history of Scotland's royal dynasties in the Scots language. In this part we...
Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses 5
Welcome to part five of the podcast series 'Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses'. This year long podcast series explores the history of Scotland's royal dynasties in the Scots language. In this part we...
Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses 6
Welcome to part six of the podcast series 'Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses'. This year long podcast series explores the history of Scotland's royal dynasties in the Scots language. In this part we...
Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses 7
Welcome to part seven of the podcast series 'Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses'. This year long podcast series explores the history of Scotland's royal dynasties in the Scots language. In this part we...
Alasdair Allan's Presentation to the Cross-Party Group
At the cross-party group meeting on 13 December 2011, Dr Alastair Allan, the Minister for Learning and Skills, gave CPG members an update on progress on the Scottish Government's policy on Scots....
Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses 8
Welcome to part eight of the podcast series 'Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses'. This year long podcast series explores the history of Scotland's royal dynasties in the Scots language. In this part we...
Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses 9
Welcome to part nine of the podcast series 'Scotland's Ain Kingly Hooses'. This year long podcast series explores the history of Scotland's royal dynasties in the Scots language. In this part we...
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