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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. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  9. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  10. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  11. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  12. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  13. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  14. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  15. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  16. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  17. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
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