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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. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  10. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  11. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  12. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  13. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  14. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  15. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  16. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  17. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
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