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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. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
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    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  9. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  10. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  11. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  12. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  13. Orion Lost reading
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    Orion Lost reading
  14. A first science fiction novel
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    A first science fiction novel
  15. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
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    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  16. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  17. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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