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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. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  9. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  10. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  11. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  12. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  13. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  14. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  15. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  16. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
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