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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. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  9. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  10. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  11. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  12. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  15. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  16. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  17. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
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