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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. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  9. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  10. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  11. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  12. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  13. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  14. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  15. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  16. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
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    What's Sputnik up to?
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