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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. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  9. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  10. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  11. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  12. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  13. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  14. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  15. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  16. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  17. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
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