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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. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  9. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  10. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  11. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  12. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  13. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  14. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  15. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  16. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  17. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
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