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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. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  9. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  10. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  11. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  12. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  15. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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