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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. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  9. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  10. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  13. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  14. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  15. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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