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Room on the Broom in Scots
James Robertson reads his version of the Julia Donaldson classic in Scots.
  1. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  10. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  11. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  12. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  13. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  14. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  15. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  16. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  17. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
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