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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. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  9. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  10. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  11. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  15. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  16. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  17. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
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