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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. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  9. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  10. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  11. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  12. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  16. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  17. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
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