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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. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  10. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  11. School days
    03:57
    School days
  12. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  13. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  14. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  17. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
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