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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. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  9. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  10. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  11. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  12. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  13. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  14. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  15. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  16. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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