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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. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  9. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  10. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  11. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  12. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  13. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  14. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  17. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
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