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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. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  9. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  10. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  11. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  12. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  13. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  14. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  15. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  16. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  17. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
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