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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. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  9. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  10. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  11. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  12. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  15. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
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