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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. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  9. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  10. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  11. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  12. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  13. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  14. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  15. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  16. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  17. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
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