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Questions from West Calder High School
Pupils from West Calder High School in West Lothian put their questions to Alan.
  1. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  10. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  11. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  15. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  16. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  17. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  18. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
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