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Scottish Languages Review Issue 28

Issue 28 - Autumn/Winter 2014

We have some stimulating reading for you during the pre-festive period! Margaret Kinsman starts us off with an interesting account about the introduction of British Sign Language at Dingwall Academy. With the 1+2 language policy high on the political agenda, there are three insightful contributions from three different perspectives: Maryse Payen-Roy reflects on her efforts to provide language training to Child Development Officers in her local authority, Petra McLay provides an account of the implementation process from a Curriculum Leader perspective, whilst Laurence Giraud-Johnstone evaluates the impact of a pilot project aimed at primary BEd students who were encouraged to sign up for an immersion course of French during their first year of study. Susanne Shanks provides a personal account of bringing up two children bilingually, one of whom has additional support needs. Finally, there is a contribution (in French!) from Year 3 students at the University of Strathclyde about their investigative project on the language learning experience in Scottish schools. We hope you enjoy the articles and feel encouraged to submit your own contribution to a future edition!

You will also find abstracts and web-links to relevant recent languages-related publications and please have a look at the free-to-download articles from other language journals. The Selected Events section serves as a handy summary guide to upcoming language seminars and conferences up to December 2015.

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Call for papers

Do you have something to say about language learning/teaching or language policy, in Scotland or in other parts of the world? Would you like to bring your action research project to a wider audience? Do you want to respond to an article in this or a previous edition? We aim to publish 1-2 issues each year so are happy to accept submissions at any time. If you want your paper to be considered for the next edition, please contact the editor.

Remember - the SLR is read by linguists as well as educational stakeholders across the country and beyond, so your article can really make an impact! Hannah Doughty, Editor.

Introducing British Sign Language in a Scottish Secondary School

Margaret Kinsman
British Sign language (BSL) was formally recognised as a language by the UK government in March 2003 and by the Scottish government in March 2011. This paper reports on an innovative project involving...
Keywords: British Sign Language, community language, inclusion, language learning, language policy, Scotland

Language Training for Child Development Officers: A Case Study

Maryse Payen-Roy
The aim of the project was to explore the best ways to introduce French to pre-school children within early years’ establishments and devise a training course for Child Development Officers which coul...
Keywords: early years, language learning, language policy, staff development, Scotland

1+2 in Practice

Petra McLay
This article aims to offer some critical reflections on the Scottish Government’s current languages education policy, Languages: a 1+2 approach. Two possible implementation models are outlined and di...
Keywords: 1+2 language policy; early language acquisition; cultural learning; modern language teaching

Bilingualism in children with and without additional support needs – a parent’s view

Susanne Shanks
This article describes personal experiences of bringing up our two daughters speaking English and German and aims to contribute to the discourse on bilingualism without relating to theoretical concept...
Keywords: bilingualism; cultural learning; inclusion

Scottish Trainee Teachers in a French Primary School: Getting Ready for 1+2

Laurence Giraud-Johnstone
This article reports on a pilot project involving eight students enrolled on the Bachelor of Education Primary Teaching Programme at the University of the West of Scotland, who undertook a short outwa...
Keywords: 1+ 2 language policy; language learning through immersion; language teaching pedagogy; cultural awareness; primary school

L’Enseignement du Français aux Enfants Ecossais – A Research Study by Year 3 Students of French

Stephanie Kean, Fraser Brown and Amanda Bain
In this article, three students on the University of Strathclyde’s BA French programme present a transcript of the oral presentation on an interdisciplinary research project that they had to conduct a...
Keywords: French; modern language teaching; cross-sector perspectives; higher education; secondary education; project-based learning

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Selected Events January – December 2015

Summary reminder of upcoming seminars and conferences.

Selected abstracts and weblinks to language related publications

Abstracts from and weblinks to some of the most recent publications relating to language learning.

Downloadable Articles from Other Academic Journals

Free-to-download articles from other language journals.
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