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APPENDIX 1
LANGUAGE APPROACHES USED IN SCOTTISH SCHOOLS, 2001/2004*
Type of approach | Languages/language modes included |
Spoken/written English only | Spoken English, written English |
BSL/English bilingual | Spoken English, written English, British Sign Language. |
Total Communication A ( TC/a) (combining English and Sign Supported English) | Spoken English, written English, sign supported English. |
Total Communication B ( TC/b) (combining English and Signed English) | Spoken English, written English, signed English or Paget Gorman. |
Total Communication C ( TC/c) (combining either TC/a or TC/b with some use of BSL) | Spoken English, written English, British Sign Language, sign supported English and/or signed English or Paget Gorman. |
Simplified/augmented systems
(Any combination including Makaton and/or Signalong and/or a Symbol System) | Makaton and/or Signalong and/or symbol system. May also include any combination of: spoken English, written English, sign supported English, signed English, Paget Gorman, other (eg body signs). |
*From: Grimes, Thoutenhoofd and Byrne, 2007:537
NB A small number of pupils in Scotland were also reported as being exposed to other languages/modes at school as follows: Gaelic, Swedish, Punjabi, Danish Sign Language and Fingerspelling.
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