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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. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  9. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  10. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  11. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  12. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  13. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  14. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  15. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  16. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  17. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
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