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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. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  9. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  10. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  11. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  12. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  13. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  14. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  15. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  16. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
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    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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