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Training on Scotland’s Native Minority Languages

I have worked with the Scottish Government, with specialists in British Sign Language (BSL) and Gaelic, and with a number of different language organisations to create training on Scotland’s native minority languages. The training is a full day, starts with O is for Hoolet, and covers:

  • Scots
  • Gaelic
  • BSL

The training is designed for workplaces and is an informative and transformative day. It gives participants a chance to learn about the three languages, to think about minoritised language in general, to explore the responsibilities that organisations and individuals have to foster multi-lingualism, and even to learn some useful signs and words for use in day-to-day life.

Funding is available to bring us to you. We want to spread this far and wide. So far we have trained staff from:

  • Scottish Government
  • Historic Environment Scotland
  • Fife Council
  • National Galleries of Scotland
  • National Museums of Scotland
  • National Library of Scotland
  • The Scottish Qualifications Authority

Want us to come to you? Email: weareferal@outlook.com

Scotland’s Minority Language Training – BSL (with English captions) from Ishbel McFarlane on Vimeo.

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A timeline of some of Scotland’s languages by Colin Chaloner

Want to see the references for the material we use in the training? Look here.

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