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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. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  9. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  10. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  11. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  12. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  13. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  14. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  15. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  16. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  17. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
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