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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. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  9. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  10. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  11. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  12. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  13. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  14. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  15. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  16. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  17. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
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