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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. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  9. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  10. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  11. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  12. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  13. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  14. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  15. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  16. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  17. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
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