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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. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  9. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  10. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  13. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  14. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  15. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  16. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  17. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
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