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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. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  9. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  10. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  11. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  12. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  13. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  14. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  15. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  16. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  17. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
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