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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. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  9. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  10. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  11. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  12. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  13. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  14. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  15. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  16. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  17. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
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