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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. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  9. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  10. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  11. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  12. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  13. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  14. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  15. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  16. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  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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