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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  9. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  10. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  11. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  14. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  15. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  16. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
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    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
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