Scottish Gaelic speakers visit Nova Scotia to help restore fading language
James Keller
Canadian Press
Monday, July 24, 2006
HALIFAX (CP) - Olivia MacDonald hopes to be fluent in Gaelic some day.
The nine-year-old from St. Andrews, N.S., has learned the dwindling Celtic language at home from her father and in after-school programs.
And earlier this month, she participated in a weeklong immersion program with five Scottish women and their eight children, who are in Nova Scotia teaching their native tongue.
"I'm Scottish and I really like it and I think it's really cool to be with people from Scotland," Olivia says from her home in St. Andrews. "I can say a lot of things."
Olivia is one of about 120 children in three communities to take part in a series of workshops, games and other activities designed to help them learn to speak and understand Gaelic.
The group from Lochaber, Scotland, moved on to the Cape Breton community of Iona last week, and are now doing the same in nearby Mabou. The children are immersed in the language during the day, and adult classes are held in the evenings.
I wish there were activites like this in my area for Irish....
Slán
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