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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. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  9. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  10. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  11. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  12. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  13. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  14. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  15. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  16. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  17. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
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