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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. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  9. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  10. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  11. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  12. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  13. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  14. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  15. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  16. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  17. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
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