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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. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  9. Draw the Light Ship
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    Draw the Light Ship
  10. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  11. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  12. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  13. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  14. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
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    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
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    Favourite book
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