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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. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  9. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  10. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  11. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  12. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  13. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  16. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  17. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
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