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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. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  9. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  10. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  11. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  13. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  14. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  15. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  16. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  17. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
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