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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. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  9. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  10. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  11. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  12. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  13. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  14. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  15. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  16. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  17. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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