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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. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  9. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  10. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  11. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  12. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  13. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  14. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  15. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  16. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  17. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
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