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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. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  9. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  10. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  11. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  12. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  13. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  14. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  15. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  16. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  17. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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