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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. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  9. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  10. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  11. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  12. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  13. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  14. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  15. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  16. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  17. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
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