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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. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  9. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  10. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  11. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  12. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  13. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  14. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  15. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  16. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  17. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
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