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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. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  9. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  10. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  11. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  12. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  13. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  14. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  15. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  16. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  17. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
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