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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. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  9. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  12. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  13. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  14. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  15. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  16. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  17. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
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