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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. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  9. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  10. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  11. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  12. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  13. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  16. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  17. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
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