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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
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  9. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  10. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  11. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  12. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  13. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  14. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  15. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  16. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  17. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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