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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. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  9. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  10. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  11. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  12. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  13. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  16. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  17. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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