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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. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  9. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  10. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  11. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  12. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  13. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  14. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  15. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  16. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  17. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
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