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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. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  11. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  12. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  13. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  14. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  15. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  16. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  17. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
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