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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. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  9. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  10. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  11. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  12. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  13. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  14. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  15. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  16. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  17. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
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