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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. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  10. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  11. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  12. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  13. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  14. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  15. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  16. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  17. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
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