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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
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    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  9. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  11. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  12. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
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    Sputnik
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    What's Sputnik up to?
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    01:45
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