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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. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  9. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  10. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  11. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  12. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  13. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  14. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  15. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  16. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  17. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
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