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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. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  9. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  10. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  11. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  12. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  13. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  14. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  15. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  16. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  17. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
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