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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. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  9. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  10. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  11. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  12. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  13. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  14. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  15. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  16. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  17. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
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