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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 Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  9. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  10. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  11. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  12. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  17. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
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