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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. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  9. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  10. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  11. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  12. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  13. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  14. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  15. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  16. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  17. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
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