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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. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  9. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  10. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  11. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  12. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  13. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  14. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  15. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  16. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  17. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
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