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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. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  9. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  10. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  11. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  12. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  13. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  14. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  15. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  16. School days
    03:57
    School days
  17. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
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