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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. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  9. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  10. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  11. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  12. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  13. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  14. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  15. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  16. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  17. More questions
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    More questions
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