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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. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  11. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  12. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  13. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  14. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  15. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  16. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  17. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
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