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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. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  11. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  12. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  13. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  14. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  17. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
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