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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. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  9. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  10. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  13. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  14. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  15. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  16. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
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