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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. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  9. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  10. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  11. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  12. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  13. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  14. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  15. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  16. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  17. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
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