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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. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  9. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  10. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  11. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  12. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  13. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  14. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  15. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  16. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  17. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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