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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. Birdspotting Quiz
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    Birdspotting Quiz
  9. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  10. Draw Goldy the Gecko
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    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  11. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  12. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  13. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  14. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  15. A novel in verse
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    A novel in verse
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    The story rollercoaster
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