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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. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  9. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  10. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  11. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  12. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  13. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  16. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
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