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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. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  9. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  10. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  11. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  12. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  13. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  14. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  17. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
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