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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. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  9. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  10. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  11. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  12. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  13. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  14. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  15. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  16. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  17. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
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