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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. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  9. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  10. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  11. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  12. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  13. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  14. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  15. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  16. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  17. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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