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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. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  10. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  11. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  12. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  13. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  14. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  17. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  18. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
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