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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. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  9. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  10. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  11. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  14. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  15. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  16. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  17. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
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