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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. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  9. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  12. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  13. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  14. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  15. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  16. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  17. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
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