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Questions from West Calder High School
Pupils from West Calder High School in West Lothian put their questions to Alan.
  1. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  10. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  11. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  14. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  15. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  16. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  17. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  18. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
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