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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. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  9. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  10. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  11. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  14. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  15. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  16. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  17. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
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