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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
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  9. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  10. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  11. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  12. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  13. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  14. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  15. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  16. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  17. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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