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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. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  9. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  10. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  11. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  12. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  13. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  14. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  15. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  16. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  17. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
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