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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
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  9. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  10. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  11. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  12. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  13. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  14. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  15. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  16. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  17. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
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