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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. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  10. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  11. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  14. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  17. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
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