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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 Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  9. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  10. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  11. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  12. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  13. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  14. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  15. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  16. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  17. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
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