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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. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  9. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  10. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  11. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  12. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  13. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  14. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  15. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  16. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  17. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
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