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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. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  9. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  10. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  11. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  12. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  13. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  14. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  15. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  16. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  17. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
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