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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. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  9. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  10. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  13. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  14. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  15. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  16. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  17. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
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