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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. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  9. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  10. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  11. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  12. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  15. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  16. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  17. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
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