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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
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  9. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  10. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  11. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  12. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  13. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  14. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  17. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
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