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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. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  9. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  10. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  11. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  12. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  13. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  14. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  15. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  16. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  17. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
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