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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. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  9. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  10. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  11. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  12. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  13. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  14. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  15. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  16. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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