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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. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  9. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  10. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  11. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  12. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  13. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  14. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  15. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  16. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  17. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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