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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. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  9. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  11. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  12. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  13. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  14. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  15. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  16. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  17. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
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