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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. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  9. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  10. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  11. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  12. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  13. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  14. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  17. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
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