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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. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  9. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  10. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  11. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  12. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  13. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  14. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  15. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  16. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
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