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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. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  9. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  10. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  11. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  12. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  13. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  14. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  15. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
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    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  17. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
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