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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. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  9. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  10. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  11. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  12. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  13. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  14. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  15. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  16. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  17. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
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