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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. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  9. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  10. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  11. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  12. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  15. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  16. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  17. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
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