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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. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  9. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  10. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  11. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  12. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  13. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  14. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  15. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  16. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  17. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
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