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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. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  9. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  10. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  11. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  12. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  13. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  14. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  15. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  16. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  17. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
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