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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. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  9. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  10. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  11. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  12. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  13. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  14. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  15. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  16. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  17. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
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