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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. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  9. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  10. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  11. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  12. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  15. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  16. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  17. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
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