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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. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  9. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  10. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  11. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  12. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  13. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  16. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  17. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
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