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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. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  9. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  11. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
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    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  12. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  13. The origins of 'Lads'
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  14. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  15. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  16. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
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    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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