1.6.2 The Situation in Scotland
The following pages will briefly present the National Pilot in Scotland which
introduced foreign languages into the primary school curriculum in 1989.
In 1988 the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum (SCCC) published
the following statement:
"The SCCC is clear that present circumstances render impracticable the
inclusion of a foreign language in the primary curriculum. However, we have
felt it important to ask ourselves the question: If such an addition to primary
curriculum were realisable in terms of necessary resourcing, would it be a
desirable addition? We have come to the conclusion that, from the
perspective of national linguistic needs, there appears at present to be no
compelling justification for such an addition to the primary curriculum. On the
other hand, the longer term possibility of foreign language learning in primary
schools cannot be ruled out." (SCCC, 1988: 4)
Further it was stated that the Consultative Committee on the Curriculum (CCC)
Discussion PaperllEducation 10-14 in Scotland" included the explicit statement:
"We do not re∞mmend that languages other than Engl sh should be taught
formally in primary schools with the object of producing competent speakers in
a particular language. That contribution to curriculum, which is of a different
nature and subserving different purposes from those here discussed, should
begin in the secondary school." (SCCC, 1988: 4)
It was also stated in the context of classical languages at primary school that
'classicists and modern linguists alike have a part to play in the development of
general language awareness (writer’s italics) at primary as well as secondary
stage' (SCCC, 1988: 5) and that en∞unters with foreign languages at primary
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