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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 to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  9. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  10. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  11. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  12. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  13. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  14. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  15. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  16. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  17. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
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