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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 power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  9. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  10. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  11. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  12. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  13. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  14. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  15. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  16. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  17. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
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