Scots as a language learning option in schools
2. Input
2.1. Activity 2
In this activity you will think about Scots in education and compare your own experiences as a learner/speaker of the Scots language with those Michael Dempster recounts in a recent video.
A.
Before engaging with the input material in this activity, take a moment to consider what might be problems and what might be advantages when introducing Scots as a subject in its own right in Scottish schools.
You
may want to keep a record of your initial thoughts in your learning
log, from your unique subject perspective, and bring these along to
the tutorial to share with your peers.
B.
Watch the first 4 minutes of the video ‘Dignity’ by Michael Dempster, where he introduces his relationship with the Scots language. You may recognise many parallels with your own experiences of Scots – particularly during your own education.
Take
a note of the points he is making that you find most important in
terms of your own relationship with the language and in terms of
teaching Scots, the language your pupils bring to the school, how
they learned it, their attitudes to speaking it etc.