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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. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  9. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  10. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  11. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  12. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  13. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  14. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  15. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  16. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  17. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
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