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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
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
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    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  10. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  11. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
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    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  13. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
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    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  14. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  15. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
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