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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. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  9. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  10. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  11. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  12. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  13. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  14. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  15. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  16. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  17. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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