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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. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  11. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  12. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  13. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  14. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  15. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  16. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  17. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
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