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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. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  9. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  10. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  12. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  15. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  16. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  17. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
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