{"id":1404,"date":"2012-05-01T22:02:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T22:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?page_id=1404"},"modified":"2012-05-01T22:02:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T22:02:32","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research\/Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3009 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/researchlogo.jpg?w=142\" alt=\"researchlogo\" width=\"142\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to pursuing practical community-based actions the project maintains a research and reporting perspective, particularly in relation to language learning, bilingualism, and languages and digital media.<\/p>\n<p>The reports, articles, and other publications listed below have been produced in collaboration with a range of organisations or institutions with an interest in language research and development. Some focus on Island Voices specifically, while others draw on the work of the project as part of a wider topic or debate of local or more general interest.<\/p>\n<table width=\"576\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">Perceptions of Gaelic Learning and Use in a Bilingual Island Community: an Exploratory Study (2011)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/uistsoillse1.pdf\"><strong>Full report here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/am-paipear-december-11-january-12-page-15-1.pdf\"><strong>Am P\u00e0ipear summary here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">ESOL in the Hebrides and Island Voices: \u201cHey, hang on a minute, tha mise bilingual!\u201d (2012)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">Chapter 12 (p153) in\u00a0<a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/innovations-in-english-language-teaching-for-migrants-and-refugees.pdf\"><strong>this book<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">Gaelic Digital Literacies in a Bilingual Community: a Sampling of Practices and Preferences (2013)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/uistsoillse2.pdf\"><strong>Full report here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/november13research.pdf\"><strong>Am P\u00e0ipear summary here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">CALL Support in Context: Contrasting Approaches in Irish and Scottish Gaelic (2014)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/callsupportincontext.pdf\"><strong>Full report here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">Sharing Gaelic Voices: Peat-cutting in Polish, or Surfing in Sindhi? (2016)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/language-issues-sharing-gaelic-voices.pdf\"><strong>Full report here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">Saoghal Thormoid \u2013 Norman\u2019s World: Synopses and Transcripts, and Foreword by Conch\u00far \u00d3 Giollag\u00e0in (2017)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/saoghal-thormoid-synopses-and-transcripts.pdf\"><strong>Full volume here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">Reading Island Voices: Issues around the Primacy of Speech and the Privileging of Literacy, from a Hebridean Viewpoint (2018\/2020)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/reading-island-voices-talk-script.pdf\"><strong>Full 2018 transcript here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/1358684X.2019.1660620\"><strong>2020 Journal Article here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">Two Lands, Many Languages \u2013 \u0926\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0936, \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e\u090f\u0902 \u0905\u0928\u0947\u0915 \u2013 D\u00e0 Dh\u00f9thaich, Iomadh C\u00e0nan: Film report on International Language Fest of Indigenous and Endangered Languages at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (2020)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CSVFn79rb2w\"><strong>Full video here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfc.ac.uk\/blog-78997\/\"><strong>SFC blogpost here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">Guth Thormoid \u2013 The \u201cIsland Voice\u201d of Norman Maclean: Presentation for University of Arizona Celtic Linguistics Group (2022). See also book chapter below (2025)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SnLWyAdxBPA&amp;t=5s\"><strong>Video here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">Island Voices \u2013 Guthan nan Eilean: Hebridean language capture and curation, 2005-2023 (full report 2023) (abridged report 2025)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/island-voices-capture-and-curation.pdf\"><strong>Full report here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3630-nat-language-issues-35.2-web-1.pdf\"><strong>Language Issues abridged report here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"485\">Guth Thormoid: The \u201cIsland Voice\u201d of Norman Maclean \u2013 Chapter in Foundational approaches to Celtic linguistics, Language Science Press (2025). See also video presentation above (2022)<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/15654881\">Full chapter here<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to pursuing practical community-based actions the project maintains a research and reporting perspective, particularly in relation to language learning, bilingualism, and languages and digital media. 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