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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. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  9. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  10. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  11. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  12. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  13. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  14. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  15. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  16. School days
    03:57
    School days
  17. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
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