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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. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  9. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  10. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  11. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  12. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  13. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  16. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  17. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
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