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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. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  9. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  10. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  11. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  12. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  13. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  14. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  15. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  16. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  17. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
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