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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. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  9. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  10. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  11. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  12. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  13. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  14. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  15. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  16. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  17. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
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