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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. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  10. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  11. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  12. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  13. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  14. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  15. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
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