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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. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  9. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  10. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  11. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  12. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  13. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  14. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  15. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  16. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  17. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
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