Assignment Reading

I'm trying to find you some up-to-date research and reports. I will update as and when I find more.

Scottish Parliament Excellence reports incl Modern Languages, published 7 March 2011
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Schools/curriculum/excellence

"Novel idea" project (Intercultural) mentioned in page 11 of above report
http://novelideaproject.wikispaces.com/

See also Implications for CPD on page 21-22


Herald article 11 March 2011
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/scots-trailing-europeans-in-language-skills
and leader comment
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-view/we-must-address-crisis-in-the-teaching-of-languages-1.1089759 and
http://www.holyrood.com/

Trying to find the study they refer to… Have emailed Dr Dan Tierney, the author.

SCILT is the Scottish Centre for Information and Research in Language Teaching based at Strathclyde University.
Various reports published
http://www.strath.ac.uk/scilt/researchandstatistics/sciltpastresearchprojects
statistics
http://www.strath.ac.uk/scilt/researchandstatistics/statisticsonlanguagesinscotland/
data seems to be quite old eg 2005

March 2011 European and External Relations Committee Report
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/europe/reports-11/eur11-01-vol1.htm
para 122
122. The Committee is concerned about the poor linguistic performance of the Scottish population compared with much of Europe, including regions whose populations are bilingual (in two native languages), and recommends that language skills be promoted in order to encourage a culture of internationalisation in Scotland, and to equip young people to compete on a level playing field (Recommendation 6).