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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. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  11. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  12. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  13. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  14. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  15. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  16. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  17. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
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