Kate Forbes, a Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) politician who speaks the language, has proposed a scheme that would potentially develop Gaelic-speaking housing estates to preserve the language.

The tiny island of Inchkeith, which lies around 3 miles north of Edinburgh in middle of Scotland’s Firth of Forth, has had a long and turbulent history. In the 12th century, the island was first used ...

Schools across Scotland invited to contribute to help track evolving picture of international language education. The Language Trends Scotland survey is now open for 2025-26, building on the success ...

On my trip to Scotland, I stayed in a friend's apartment, which they called a "flat." For my vacation, I swapped homes with a friend who lives in Scotland. They stayed in my New York City "apartment," ...

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Jennifer Mattschey is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde and the Open University. When we talk about bilingualism, we often assume that people are equally fluent in both languages and use ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this article we address "language approach" data as a key variable in quantitative, large-scale research on educational achievement, ...

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While grocery shopping, I learned that "mince" means ground beef and "rocket" is arugula. I wasn't sure how much a "dram" of whisky was, but it turns out it's not an exact measurement. On my trip to ...