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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. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  9. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  10. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  11. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  12. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  13. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  14. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  15. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
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