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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. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  9. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  12. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  13. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  14. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  15. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  16. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  17. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
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