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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. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  9. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  10. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  11. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  12. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  13. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  14. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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