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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
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    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  9. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  10. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  11. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  12. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  13. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  14. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  15. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  16. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  17. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
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