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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. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  9. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  10. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  11. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  12. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  13. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  14. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  15. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  16. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  17. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
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