Hi Karma and Shamsa, Your podcast was refreshing, insightful and interesting to listen to. I found it especially interesting to hear about Scotland's background and how the government and members of a higher social status had to learn the language, and how later on English became more prominent than Gaelic. It was also interesting to hear how Scotland's population is rejecting the language, as this behavior is quite different compared to other endangered languages where communities are desperate for it revitalization. This leads to my question: in your opinion, how would you make the efforts being made in the 21st century to revitalize the language (such as labelling) more effective, so that Gaelic is more accepted by Scotland's population?
Thank you so much for this comment, and for this question. Throughout our research for this assignment, I have been thinking for an answer to such questions. At first i was completely dumbfounded as to how you could possibly force a nation to take interest in their own history. But through research and asking a few of my Scottish classmates and friends, I have been enlightened by the fact that the Scottish population in fact deem the Gaelic language so far from their heritage due to the fact that it had stopped being spoken by common folk centuries ago. Therefore loosing any emotional connections to the language. I would assume that reaching the Scottish audience from an emotional perspective or through the use of rhetoric could possibly enforce such a revitalisation. Maybe even through the arts or any means of a Pathos rhetoric.
This was a very enjoyable podcast to listen to because you were able to effectively structure your script in a coherent manner while still explaining the importance of Gaelic in a detailed way. Something that caught my attention is how you explain how Scotland's population is attempting to avoid the language rather than empower the endangered language. I really liked how you were able to include statistics and data that proves to the audience how well you worked on this with reliable statistics. A question that came to mind while listening to this is why do you think the the Scottish population was avoiding Gaelic language? Overall, this was very well done. Looking forward for your future blogposts.
Hi Karma and Shamsa,
ReplyDeleteYour podcast was refreshing, insightful and interesting to listen to. I found it especially interesting to hear about Scotland's background and how the government and members of a higher social status had to learn the language, and how later on English became more prominent than Gaelic. It was also interesting to hear how Scotland's population is rejecting the language, as this behavior is quite different compared to other endangered languages where communities are desperate for it revitalization. This leads to my question: in your opinion, how would you make the efforts being made in the 21st century to revitalize the language (such as labelling) more effective, so that Gaelic is more accepted by Scotland's population?
Thank you so much for this comment, and for this question. Throughout our research for this assignment, I have been thinking for an answer to such questions. At first i was completely dumbfounded as to how you could possibly force a nation to take interest in their own history. But through research and asking a few of my Scottish classmates and friends, I have been enlightened by the fact that the Scottish population in fact deem the Gaelic language so far from their heritage due to the fact that it had stopped being spoken by common folk centuries ago. Therefore loosing any emotional connections to the language. I would assume that reaching the Scottish audience from an emotional perspective or through the use of rhetoric could possibly enforce such a revitalisation. Maybe even through the arts or any means of a Pathos rhetoric.
DeleteHello Karma and Shamsa,
ReplyDeleteThis was a very enjoyable podcast to listen to because you were able to effectively structure your script in a coherent manner while still explaining the importance of Gaelic in a detailed way. Something that caught my attention is how you explain how Scotland's population is attempting to avoid the language rather than empower the endangered language. I really liked how you were able to include statistics and data that proves to the audience how well you worked on this with reliable statistics. A question that came to mind while listening to this is why do you think the the Scottish population was avoiding Gaelic language? Overall, this was very well done. Looking forward for your future blogposts.