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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. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  9. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  12. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  17. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
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