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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. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  9. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  10. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  11. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  12. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  13. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  14. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  15. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  16. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  17. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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