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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. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  9. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  10. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  11. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  12. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  13. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  14. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  15. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  16. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  17. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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