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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. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  9. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  10. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  11. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  12. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  13. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  14. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  15. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  16. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  17. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
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