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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. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  9. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  10. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  11. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  12. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  13. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  14. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  15. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  16. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  17. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
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