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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. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  9. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  10. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  11. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  12. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  13. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  15. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  16. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  17. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
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