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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. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  9. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  10. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  11. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  12. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  15. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
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