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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. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  9. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  10. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  11. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  12. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  13. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  14. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  15. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  16. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  17. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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