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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. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  10. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  11. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  12. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  15. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  16. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  17. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
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