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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. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  9. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  10. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  11. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  12. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  13. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  14. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  15. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  16. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  17. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
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