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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. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  9. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  10. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  11. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  12. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  13. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  14. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  15. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  16. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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