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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
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  9. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  10. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  11. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  12. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  13. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  14. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  15. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  16. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  17. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
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