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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. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  9. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  10. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  15. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  16. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
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    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
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