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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. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  9. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  10. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  11. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  12. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  13. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  14. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  15. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  16. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
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