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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. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  9. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  10. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  11. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  12. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  13. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  14. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  15. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  16. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  17. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
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