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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. How to Draw Granville's Body
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    How to Draw Granville's Body
  9. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  10. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  11. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
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    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  14. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  15. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  16. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  17. Steven Lenton's illustrations
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    Steven Lenton's illustrations
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