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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. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  9. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  10. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  11. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  12. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  13. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  16. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  17. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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