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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. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  9. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  10. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  12. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  13. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  14. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  15. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  16. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  17. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
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