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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. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  9. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  10. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  11. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  12. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  13. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  14. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  15. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  16. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  17. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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