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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. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  9. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  10. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  11. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  12. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  13. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  14. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  17. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
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