The new series focuses on advancing language ability as Joy Dunlop and Calum Maclean work with intermediate level learners.
Gaelic Learners TV Programme Returns
Shaetlan: Da History o ‘Jarlshof’
“This is such a symbolically significant step as this is the first time ever that Shetlanders can see their own language represented as an equal among other languages on one of their own historical sites.” Prof. Dr. Viveka Velupillai
Oh Profanity!
“Villain, I have done thy mother.” From Titus Andronicus
People and the Spread of Language
A global database has been created linking linguistic and genetic data entitled GeLaTo (Genes and Languages Together).
‘Deep Wheel Orcadia’ by Harry Josephine Giles Wins Top Science Fiction Award
Harry Josephine Giles’s Deep Wheel Orcadia has won the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award for Science Fiction.
Language & Domination – Or – One Way to Squash A Culture
“I’m continuing to read ‘Orkney Shore’, in which Robert Rendall mentions the muddle which the Latin names for shells had got into due to different people in different places using different spelling”
Normal People
” Is there another country anywhere where actually teaching your own language in your own schools to your own people would be seen as somehow controversial and politically divisive?”
‘Jumping Sharks and Dropping Mics’
“Jumping sharks and dropping mics – Modern idioms and where they come from” goes through the origins and use of various idioms such as “Groundhog Day”, that colour our everyday communication.
UHI Public Consultation on Gaelic Language Plan
“Consultation is an important part of the process, so I would encourage anyone with an interest in the plan to share their views.” Professor Todd Walker
‘Deep Wheel Orcadia’ by Harry Josephine Giles
“Overall, this is a beautifully written book. I loved the poetic nature of its verses.”
