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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. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  9. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  10. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  11. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  12. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  13. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  14. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  15. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  16. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  17. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
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