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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. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  9. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  10. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  11. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  12. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  13. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  14. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  15. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  16. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  17. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
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