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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. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  9. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  10. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  11. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  12. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  13. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  14. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  15. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  16. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  17. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
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