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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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    01:09
    Working in Comics
  9. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  10. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  11. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
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    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
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    06:03
    Why comics matter
  15. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
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    A question about Charlie and Lola
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    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
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