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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. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  9. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  10. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  14. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  15. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  16. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  17. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
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