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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. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  9. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  10. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  11. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  12. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  15. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  16. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  17. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
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