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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. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  9. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  10. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  11. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  12. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  13. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  14. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  17. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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