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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. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  9. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  10. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  15. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  16. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  17. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
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