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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 from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  9. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  10. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  11. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  12. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  13. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  14. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  15. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  16. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  17. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
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