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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. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  9. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  10. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  11. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  12. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  13. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  14. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  15. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  16. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  17. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
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