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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 to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  9. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  10. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  11. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  12. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  13. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  14. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  17. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
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