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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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  9. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  10. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  11. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  12. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  13. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  14. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  15. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  16. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  17. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
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