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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 Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  9. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  10. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  11. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  12. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  13. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  14. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  15. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  16. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  17. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
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