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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. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  9. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  10. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  13. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  14. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  15. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  16. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  17. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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