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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. School days
    03:57
    School days
  9. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  10. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  11. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  12. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  13. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  14. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  15. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  16. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  17. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
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