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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. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  9. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  10. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  11. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  12. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  13. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  14. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  15. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  16. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  17. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
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