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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. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  9. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  10. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  11. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  12. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  13. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  14. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  15. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  16. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  17. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
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