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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 origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  9. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  10. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  11. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  12. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  13. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  16. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  17. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
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