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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 Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  9. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  10. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  11. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  14. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  15. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  16. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  17. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
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