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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. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  9. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  10. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  11. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  12. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  13. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  14. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  15. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  16. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  17. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
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