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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. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  9. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  10. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  11. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  12. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  15. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  16. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  17. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
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