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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. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  9. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  10. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  11. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  12. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  13. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  14. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  15. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  16. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  17. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
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