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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  9. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
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    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  10. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  11. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  12. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  13. Bear Moves
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    Bear Moves
  14. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. Draw along
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    Draw along
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    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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