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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. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  9. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  10. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  11. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  12. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  13. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  14. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  15. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  16. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  17. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
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