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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. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  9. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  10. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  11. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  14. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  15. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  16. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  17. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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