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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. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  9. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  10. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  11. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  12. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  13. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  14. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  15. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  16. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  17. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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