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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. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  9. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  10. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  11. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  12. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  13. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  14. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  15. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  16. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  17. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
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