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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. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  9. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  10. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  11. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  12. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  13. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  14. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  15. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  16. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  17. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
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