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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 Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  9. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  10. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  11. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  12. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  13. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  14. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  15. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  16. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
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