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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. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  9. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  10. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  11. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  12. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  13. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  14. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  15. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
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