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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. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  9. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  10. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  11. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  12. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  13. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  14. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  15. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  16. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  17. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
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