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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 power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  9. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  10. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  16. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  17. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
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