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Questions from West Calder High School
Pupils from West Calder High School in West Lothian put their questions to Alan.
  1. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  10. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  11. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  12. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  13. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  17. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  18. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
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