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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. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  9. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  10. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  11. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  12. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  13. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  14. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  15. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
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