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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. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  9. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  10. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  11. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  12. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  15. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  16. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  17. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
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