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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. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  9. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  10. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  11. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  12. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  13. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  14. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  15. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  16. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  17. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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