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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. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  10. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  13. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
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    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
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