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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. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  9. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  10. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  11. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  12. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  13. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  14. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  15. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  16. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  17. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
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