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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
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    Acting and Writing
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    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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    Down Behind The Dustbin
  11. Persistence
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    Persistence
  12. Phil’s characters
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    Phil’s characters
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    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  15. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
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    01:57
    Respecting each other
  17. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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