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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. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  9. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  10. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  11. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  12. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  13. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  14. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  15. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  16. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
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