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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. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  9. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  10. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  11. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  12. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  15. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  16. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  17. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
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