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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. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  9. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  10. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  11. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  12. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  16. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  17. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
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