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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. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  9. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  10. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  11. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  12. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  13. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  14. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  15. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  16. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  17. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
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