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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. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  9. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  10. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  11. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  12. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  13. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  14. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  15. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  16. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  17. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
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