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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. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  9. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  10. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  11. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  12. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  13. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  14. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  15. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  16. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  17. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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