CnamP Shlиite motion in support of designating Bun-sgoil Shlиite as a dedicated Gaelic medium school
Gaelic petition, scroll down for English translation:Rinn Comann nam Pаrant Shlиite tagradh, le taic bho Chomunn na Gаidhlig agus daoine eile, gu Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd san t-Sultain 2005 ag iarra... continue reading »
"Despite all the good work gone into "bi-lingual" schools, the truth is that the kids will always revert to English in the playground because the others do not have Gaelic. With English all around us, especially through the media, it is impossible for chil"
"Suas leis a' Ghаidhlig"
"when people lose their language their story ends"
"This will be to everyone's benefit!"
"Most Europeans are bilingual and that bilingualism is aquired by usage. The Gaelic medium school will allow children to assimilate the weaker of their two languages pleasantly and effortlessly by hearing it used in normal situations. Having such a school "
"Inbhir Narann"
"let's do all we can to preserve human languages"
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"I sign this in a show of sympathy. However, if a clear majority of parents are opposed to the school's being a "dedicated Gaelic medium school", I do not think that an Internet petition should be allowed to override their wishes. This is perhaps unfortuna"
"I am a Canadian writer (partly of Scottish origin), the author of a book about minority languages, "Spoken Here" (William Heinemann, 2004). I have seen the tremendous impact that such schools can have in communities, and I urge the authorities to back thi"
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"Cumaibh a Gaidhlig beт"
"my kids have had a Gaelic medium education, but my eldest now struggles in secondary and has had to do gaelic learners exam and not native speakers exam. FULL immersion may have given him more of an opportunity to do the native exam."
