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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. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  9. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  12. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  13. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  14. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  15. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  16. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  17. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
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