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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. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  9. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  10. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  11. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  12. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  15. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  16. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  17. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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