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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. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  9. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  10. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  11. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  12. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  13. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  14. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  15. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  16. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  17. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
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