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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 and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  9. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  10. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  11. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  12. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  13. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  15. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  16. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  17. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
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