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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. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  9. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  10. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  11. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  13. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  14. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  15. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  16. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  17. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
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