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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. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  9. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  10. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  11. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  12. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  13. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  14. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  15. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  16. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  17. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
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