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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. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  9. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  10. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  11. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  12. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  13. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  16. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  17. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
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