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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. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  9. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  10. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  11. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  12. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  13. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  14. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  15. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  16. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  17. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
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