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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. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  9. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  10. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  11. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  12. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  13. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  14. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  15. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  16. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  17. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
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