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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. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  9. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  10. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  11. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  14. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  15. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  16. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  17. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
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