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Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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James tells us why he thinks there’s such enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic in schools.
  1. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  2. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  3. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  5. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  6. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  9. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  10. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  13. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  14. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  15. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  16. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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