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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. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  9. School days
    03:57
    School days
  10. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  11. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  12. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  16. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  17. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
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