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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. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  9. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  10. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  11. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  12. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  13. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  14. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  15. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  16. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  17. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
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