Scottish Government

TNS- BMRB

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CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

2 METHOD AND SAMPLE

3 MAIN FINDINGS
Usage of Scots today
Reasons for speaking/not speaking Scots
Perceptions of Scots as a language
Importance of Scots nowadays
Reasons for Scots being important/not important.
Perceptions of Scots generally
Expectations of the use of Scots today
Scots in Education
Reasons for encouraging/not encouraging children to speak Scots

4 CONCLUSIONS

5 APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE

6 APPENDIX 2: TECHNICAL APPENDIX

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.