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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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  9. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  10. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  11. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  12. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  13. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  16. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  17. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
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