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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. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  9. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  10. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  11. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  12. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  13. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  14. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  15. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  16. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  17. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
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