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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. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  9. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  10. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  11. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  12. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  13. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  14. School days
    03:57
    School days
  15. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  16. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  17. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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