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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 Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  9. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  10. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  11. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  12. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  13. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  14. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  15. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  16. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  17. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
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