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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. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  9. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  10. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  11. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  12. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  13. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  14. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  15. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  16. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  17. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
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