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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. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  9. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  10. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  11. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  12. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  13. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  14. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  15. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  16. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  17. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
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