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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. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  9. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  11. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  12. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  13. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  14. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  15. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  16. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  17. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
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