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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. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  9. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  10. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  11. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  12. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  13. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  14. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  15. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  16. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  17. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
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