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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. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  9. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  10. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  11. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  12. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  13. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  14. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  15. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  16. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  17. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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