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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
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  9. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  10. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  11. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  12. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  15. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  16. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  17. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
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