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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. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  9. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  10. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  11. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  12. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  13. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  14. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  15. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  16. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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