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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 importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  9. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  12. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  13. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  14. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  15. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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