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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. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  9. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  10. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  11. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  12. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  13. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  14. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  15. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  16. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  17. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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