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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. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  9. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  10. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  11. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  12. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  13. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  16. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  17. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
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