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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. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  9. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  10. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  11. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  12. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  17. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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