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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. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  9. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  10. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  11. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  12. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  13. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  16. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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