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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. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  9. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  10. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  11. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  12. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  13. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  14. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  15. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  16. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  17. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
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