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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. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  9. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  10. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  11. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  12. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  13. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  14. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  17. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
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