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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. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  9. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  10. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  11. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  12. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  13. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  14. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  15. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  16. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  17. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
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