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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. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  9. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  10. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  11. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  12. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  15. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  16. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  17. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
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