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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. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  9. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  10. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  11. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  12. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  13. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  14. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  15. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  16. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  17. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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