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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
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    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
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    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
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    How Catherine works
  11. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  12. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
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    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  14. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
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    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
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    Feather reading
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