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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. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  9. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  10. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  11. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  12. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  13. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  14. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  15. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  16. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  17. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
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