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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. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  9. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  10. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  11. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  12. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  13. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  14. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  15. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  16. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  17. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
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