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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. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  9. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  10. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  11. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  12. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  13. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  14. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  15. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  16. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  17. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
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