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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. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  9. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  10. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  11. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  14. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  15. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  16. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  17. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
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