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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. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  9. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  10. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  13. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  14. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  15. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  16. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  17. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
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