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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. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  9. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  10. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  11. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  12. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  13. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  14. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  15. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  16. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
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