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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. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  9. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  10. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  11. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  12. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  13. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  14. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  15. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  16. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  17. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
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