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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. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  9. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  10. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  13. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  14. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  15. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  16. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  17. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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