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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. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  9. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  10. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  11. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  12. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  13. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  16. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  17. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
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