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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. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  9. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  10. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  11. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  12. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  13. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  14. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  15. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  16. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  17. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
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