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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. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  9. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  10. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  11. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  12. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  13. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  16. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  17. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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