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languages:gaelic_in_scotland [2020/03/23 14:47]
ydwine [National legislation:]
languages:gaelic_in_scotland [2020/09/08 10:35]
ydwine [Language vitality according to:]
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 ==== Language vitality according to: ==== ==== Language vitality according to: ====
-^ [[http://​www.unesco.org/​languages-atlas/​|UNESCO]] ^ [[https://​www.ethnologue.com/​language/​gla|Ethnologue]] ^ [[http://​www.endangeredlanguages.com/​lang/​3049|Endangered Languages]] ^ +^ [[http://​www.unesco.org/​languages-atlas/​|UNESCO]] ^ [[https://​www.ethnologue.com/​language/​gla|Ethnologue]] ^ [[http://​www.endangeredlanguages.com/​lang/​3049|Endangered Languages]] ​^  [[https://​glottolog.org/​resource/​languoid/​id/​scot1245|Glottolog]]  ​
-| {{ :​endangerment:​yellow.png?​nolink |Definitely endangered}} | {{ :​endangerment:​purple.png?​nolink |}} | {{ :​endangerment:​orange.png?​nolink |Vulnerable}} |+| {{ :​endangerment:​yellow.png?​nolink |Definitely endangered}} | {{ :​endangerment:​purple.png?​nolink |}} | {{ :​endangerment:​orange.png?​nolink |Vulnerable}} ​|  {{ :​endangerment:​orange.png?​nolink |Shifting}}  ​|
  
 ==== Linguistic aspects: ==== ==== Linguistic aspects: ====
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 ====== Education in practice ====== ====== Education in practice ======
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 According to the census from 2011, 2500 children will be learning Gaelic in 2012 and 2013, opposed to 24 children in 1985.((Goalabre,​ Fabienne, ‘Immersion Education and the Revitalisation of Breton and Gaelic as Community Languages’,​ in Policy and Planning for Endangered Languages)). In 2007 MacCaluim (2007) estimated that about 700 learners obtained fluency. According to the census from 2011, 2500 children will be learning Gaelic in 2012 and 2013, opposed to 24 children in 1985.((Goalabre,​ Fabienne, ‘Immersion Education and the Revitalisation of Breton and Gaelic as Community Languages’,​ in Policy and Planning for Endangered Languages)). In 2007 MacCaluim (2007) estimated that about 700 learners obtained fluency.
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 +For primary education, in 2018-2019 there are:
 +  * 58 Gaelic Medium Education departments or dedicated schools total
 +  * 7 dedicated Gaelic schools: 3 in Glasgow, and 1 in Inverness, Edinburgh, Lochaber, and Portree
 +  * 3,457 pupils total attending Gaelic Medium Education((Bòrd na Gàidhlig. (n.d.). //Primary Education//​. [[https://​www.gaidhlig.scot/​bord/​education/​primary-education/​]].))
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 +For secondary education, in 2018-2019 there are:
 +  * 31 schools in Scotland which offer Gàidhlig for fluent speakers and/or other Gaelic medium subjects;
 +  * 31 schools which offer Gaelic (Learners);
 +  * the subjects English, French, Geography, History, Home Economics, Mathematics,​ Modern Studies, PE, Personal and Social Education, Religious Education, Science and Technology are taught at different levels through the medium of Gaelic((Bòrd na Gàidhlig. (n.d.). //Secondary Education//​. [[https://​www.gaidhlig.scot/​bord/​education/​secondary-education/​]].)). ​
  
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