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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. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  9. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  10. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  11. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  12. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  15. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  16. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  17. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
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