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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. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  9. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  10. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  11. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  12. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  13. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  14. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  15. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  16. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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