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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 Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  9. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  10. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  11. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  12. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  13. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  14. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  15. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  16. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  17. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
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