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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. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  9. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  10. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  11. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  12. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  13. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  14. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  15. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  16. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  17. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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