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John Hodgart is the Scots Champion in the Scots Language Awards 2021.<\/p>\nJohn Hodgart is the Scots Champion in the Scots Language Awards 2021.<\/p>\n
The Scots Champion award is for ootstaundin service tae the cause o Scots and for fechtin for the richts o ithers tae speak, write and learn in the Scots leid.<\/p>\n
John Hodgart hails fae Dalry and has Ayrshire in his hert and heid, his bluid and ilka sinnon.<\/p>\n
An Honorary Member and no lang syne Chairman o the legendary Dalry Burns Club, John Hodgart kens his Burns. Scotland\u2019s greatest poet and Ayrshire\u2019s ain is a pairt o John\u2019s literary heritage and woven intae the rich tapestry o his faimly life forby. John had juist aboot aw o Tam o Shanter aff by hert afore he wis even ten year auld.<\/p>\n
But as John wance said at a national teachers\u2019 conference,\u201cHow long can we continue praising Burns as our national bard and treat his language as a foreign language?”<\/p>\n
In his darg as a dominie, John \u2013 formerly principal teacher o English at Garnock Academy in Kilbirnie \u2013 for mony years brocht his intellectual smeddum and uncowpable commitment tae learnin tae the educational development o North Ayrshire weans. He introduced thoosands o schuil bairns no juist tae Burns but tae ithers writers fae Scottish and warld literature and no for wan meenit treated the language o his Scots speakin pupils as a foreign yin.<\/p>\n
John\u2019s Scots play \u201cBessie Dunlop: The Witch o Dalry\u201d is a seminal text about the persecution and challenges women had tae thole in saxteenth century Scotland and is read and studied in schuils across the country.<\/p>\n
John also writes lyrical and aften mischievous Scots poems aboot the land and touns o Ayrshire but has never been blate tae staun up for Scots and Scots speakers. John continues tae be a tireless and fearless advocate for Scots at baith local and national level.<\/p>\n
His career in education and as a Scots makar and significantly his lang service wi the Association o Scottish Literary Studies set him apairt as ane o the maist important voices and fechters for Scots in Scotland the day. John Hodgart is a worthy Scots Champion for this year\u2019s Scots Language Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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