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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.
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    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. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  9. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  10. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  11. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  12. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  13. Stories are people
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    Stories are people
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    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
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    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
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