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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 novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  10. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  11. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  12. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  13. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  14. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  15. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
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    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
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    00:21
    Introducing Wain
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