No bad language
Oh, yes – there’s the cost of transport. But transport is surely an issue in every rural area in Scotland. My own daughter travels 15 miles to school every day, as do many of her classmates.
And, far from “locking out” other languages, I would urge the Gaelic schools to introduce third, or fourth, languages – say German and Bengali – at the earliest stage possible.
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Hide AdAfter all, a study of French immersion schooling in Canada, some years ago, recorded “enhanced cognitive plasticity” among its beneficiaries.
So, if our bilingual children have that built-in advantage, it is surely there to be built on. Let’s see it as not a problem but an opportunity.
Aonghas Macneacail
Carlops
Peeblesshire