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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. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  9. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  10. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  11. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  12. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  13. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  14. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  15. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  16. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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