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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. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  9. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  10. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  11. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  12. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  13. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  14. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  15. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
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