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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. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  9. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  10. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  11. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  12. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  15. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  16. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  17. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
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