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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. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  9. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  10. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  11. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  12. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  13. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  14. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  15. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  16. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  17. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
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