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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. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  9. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  10. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  11. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  12. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  13. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  14. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  15. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  16. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  17. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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