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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. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  9. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  10. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  11. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  12. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  13. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  14. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  15. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  16. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  17. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
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