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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. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  9. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  10. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  11. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  12. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  13. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  14. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  15. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  16. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  17. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
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