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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. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  9. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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    Dogs in space
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    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  13. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
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    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
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    Reading from The Boxer
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    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
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