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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. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  9. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  10. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  11. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  12. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  13. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  14. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  15. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  16. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  17. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
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