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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. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  9. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  10. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  11. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  16. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  17. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
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