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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. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  9. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  10. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  11. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  12. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  13. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  14. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  17. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
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