Editing Scots language (section)

===Education===

The status of the language was raised in Scottish schools,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-31453253|title=Scots language being revived in schools|work=[[BBC News]]|date=13 February 2015}}</ref> with Scots being included in the new national school [[Curriculum for Excellence|curriculum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/knowledgeoflanguage/scots/scotsandliteracy/curriculum/index.asp|title=Knowledge of Language: Scots: Scots and Curriculum for Excellence|publisher=[[Education Scotland]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014173218/http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/knowledgeoflanguage/scots/scotsandliteracy/curriculum/index.asp|archive-date=2016-10-14}}</ref> Previously in Scotland's schools there had been little education taking place through the [[Medium of instruction|medium]] of Scots, although it may have been covered superficially in English lessons, which could entail reading some Scots literature and observing the local dialect. Much of the material used was often Standard English disguised as Scots, which caused upset among proponents of Standard English and proponents of Scots alike.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/exposed-to-ridicule-1-512738|title=Exposed to ridicule|work=The Scotsman|date=7 February 2004|access-date=18 October 2015}}</ref> One example of the educational establishment's approach to Scots is, "Write a poem in Scots. (It is important not to be worried about spelling in this – write as you hear the sounds in your head.)",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/specialfocus/scots/ideas/index.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041030060009/http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/specialfocus/scots/ideas/index.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2004|title=Scots – Teaching approaches – Learning and Teaching Scotland Online Service|publisher=Ltscotland.org.uk|date=3 November 2005|access-date=21 May 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> whereas guidelines for English require teaching pupils to be "writing fluently and legibly with accurate spelling and punctuation".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/htmlunrevisedguidelines/Pages/englang/main/elng1003.htm|title=National Guidelines 5–14: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Learning and Teaching Scotland Online Service|publisher=Ltscotland.org.uk|access-date=21 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006192200/http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/htmlunrevisedguidelines/Pages/englang/main/elng1003.htm|archive-date=6 October 2008}}</ref>

A course in Scots language and culture delivered through the medium of Standard English and produced by the [[Open University|Open University (OU)]] in Scotland, the Open University's School of Languages and Applied Linguistics as well as [[Education Scotland]] became available online for the first time in December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/course/index.php?categoryid=382 |title=OLCreate: Scots language and culture |access-date=22 December 2019 |archive-date=26 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826030240/https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/course/index.php?categoryid=382 |url-status=live }}</ref>