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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. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  9. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  10. School days
    03:57
    School days
  11. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  12. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  13. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  14. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  15. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
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