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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. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  9. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  10. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  11. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  14. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  15. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  16. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  17. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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