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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. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  9. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  10. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  11. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  12. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  15. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  16. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  17. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
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