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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
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  9. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  10. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  11. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  12. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  13. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  14. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  15. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  16. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  17. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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