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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. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  9. School days
    03:57
    School days
  10. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  13. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  14. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  15. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  16. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  17. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
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