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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. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  9. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  10. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  11. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  14. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  15. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  16. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  17. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
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