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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 Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  9. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  10. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  11. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  14. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  15. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  16. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  17. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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