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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. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  9. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  10. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  11. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  12. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  13. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  14. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  15. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  16. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
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