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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 Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  9. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  10. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  11. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  15. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  16. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  17. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
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