Dick Johnstone is retired Professor Emeritus at Stirling University. For many years he directed Scottish CILT, and more recently he was the driving force behind the creation of Soillse.
He has a wealth of international experience in relation to bilingualism in education, and was visiting Uist in his advisory capacity to the small research project being conducted here. During his stay he was able, among other things, to visit the offices of Am Pàipear in Balivanich, and to meet some members of Cothrom’s new Language and Culture group who gather on a Monday afternoon to learn Italian together.
Here he talks to Gordon Wells (in English) about the benefits of bilingualism.
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(Gordon’s Gaelic introduction lasts about a minute.)
Tha Cothrom air iomairt ùr a thòiseachadh, le naidheachd mu deidhinn sa Phàipeir. Thoiribh sùil air, agus ma tha ceistean no beachdan agaibh nach leig sibh fios thuca?
This month’s Am Pàipear carries news of Cothrom’s new Language and Culture initiative. Questions and suggestions are invited. Contact details at the foot of the page.
A new feature has recently been added to the YouTube channel that provides access to all 150 Series One and Series Two videos. The videos have been grouped into 8 separate playlists corresponding to the English and Gaelic Series One and Series Two Outdoors, Generations, and Enterprise categories. This allows easier navigation around the YouTube channel to let you find the video you’re looking for without having to go through the menus on this project website – though you’ll still need to use the Series One or Two tabs at the top of this page in order to access transcripts/translations.
Just go to the Playlists tab on this site or direct to the YouTube channel and click on a playlist to get a non-stop “feature length” playback of all the videos in the category of your choice. Ideal for “online immersion”!