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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. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  9. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  10. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  11. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  12. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  13. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  14. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  15. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  16. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  17. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
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