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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. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  9. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  10. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  11. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  12. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  13. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  15. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  16. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  17. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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