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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. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  10. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  11. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  12. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  15. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  16. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  17. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
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