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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. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  9. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  10. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  11. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  12. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  13. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  14. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  17. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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