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Joanna McPake Institute of Education, University of Stirling SEED Sponsored Research

ISBN 0 7559 6241 9 (Web only publication)

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on terminology

Summary

1. Community Languages: an asset for Scotland
1.1 What are community languages?
1.2 The languages of Scotland
1.3 The case for a comprehensive approach
1.4 Community languages as a resource for the individual, for communities and for Scotland
1.5 Investing in Scotland's linguistic resources

2. The Scottish Community Languages Survey
2.1 Aims of the survey
2.2 Phase 1: Local authority trawl
2.3 Phase 2: Questionnaire survey
2.4 Phase 3: Consultation

3. Key Findings
3.1 Community languages in use among Scottish schoolchildren
3.2 Provision for learning community languages
3.3 Provision for specific languages
3.4 Mainstream School Provision
3.5 Conclusions

4. Discussion
4.1 Increasing linguistic diversity
4.2 Models of provision
4.3 Professional development for community languages teachers
4.4 An inclusive and joined-up language policy for Scotland

5. Conclusions: Realising potential
5.1 Visions of the future
5.2 Achieving these goals

References

Appendices
Appendix A: Languages spoken by Scottish school children
Appendix B: Languages for which there is authority-based or complementary provision
Appendix C: Promotion of Gaelic

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