Kate Forbes, a Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) politician who speaks the language, has proposed a scheme that would potentially develop Gaelic-speaking housing estates to preserve the language.

At both primary and secondary level, French remains by far the most common language to be taught as L2, while Spanish is the most common L3 language, although BSL and Scots are both popular in primary ...

Schools across Scotland invited to contribute to help track evolving picture of international language education. The Language Trends Scotland survey is now open for 2025-26, building on the success ...

Doric, a little-known form of North East Scots, is undergoing a pandemic-inspired renaissance. “Slaverin, slubberin, gibberin, gabberin, roon wi a wallop, a sklyter, a sweel,” recited the poet.

Up to 27 Gaelic development officers based on Hebridean islands and in rural counties and cities to be laid off Gaelic-language campaigners and MSPs have protested furiously about plans to axe a ...

SCOTLAND is setting the agenda for sign language provision internationally thanks to new graduates from the country's first degree course on the subject. More than a dozen new sign language ...

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