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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. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  9. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  12. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  13. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  14. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  15. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  16. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  17. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
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