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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. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  9. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  10. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  11. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  13. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  14. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
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