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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. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  9. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  10. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  11. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  12. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  13. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  14. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  15. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  16. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  17. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
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