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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. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  9. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  10. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  11. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  14. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  15. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  16. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
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