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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 did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  9. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  10. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  11. School days
    03:57
    School days
  12. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  13. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  15. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  16. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  17. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
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