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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. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  9. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  10. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  11. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  13. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  14. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  15. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  16. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  17. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
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