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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. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
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    01:04
    More Cookie Books
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    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
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    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
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    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  14. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  15. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  16. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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    Myths and Monsters
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