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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. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  9. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  10. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  11. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  12. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  13. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  16. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  17. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
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