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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. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  9. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  10. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  11. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  12. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  15. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  16. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  17. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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