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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. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  9. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  12. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  13. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  14. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  15. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  16. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  17. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
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