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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. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  9. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  10. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  11. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  12. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  13. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  14. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  15. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  16. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  17. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
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