Article Details

Article Details

How is implementation of the 1+2 language policy progressing in Scottish primary schools?

Author: Rebecca Colquhoun
Date of Publication: November 2018
Series Title: Scottish Languages Review Issue 35

This article reports on an aspect investigated as part of a MA dissertation that aimed to measure the effectiveness of the 1+2 language policy into Scottish Primary Education. This involved a survey to primary teachers in seven different local authorities, complemented by interviews with primary teachers and pupils in one local authority school, and a Development Officer for 1+2 from that same authority. The majority of respondents, both pupils and staff, support the policy but staff were concerned about its ambitious targets and long-term sustainability without continued funding. 

Posted in: SLR issue 35
University of Strathclyde Education Scotland British Council Scotland The Scottish Government
SCILT - Scotlands National centre for Languages