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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. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  9. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  10. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  11. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  12. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  13. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  17. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
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