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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. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  9. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  10. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  11. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  12. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  13. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  14. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  15. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  16. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  17. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
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