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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. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  9. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  10. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  11. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  12. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  13. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  14. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  17. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
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