Before playing the first video, this short exercise will provide some context for the Scots language used in the song.
Explain
Today we are going to be learning a song in the Scots language
Ask
What does ‘Scots’ mean?
Explain
- Scots is a language spoken in modern Scotland
- It is one of the three native languages of Scotland – English, Scots and Gaelic
- It is spoken by one and a half million people
- It is almost a thousand years old!
- It comes originally from Denmark and from the language of a Danish tribe called the Angles
