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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. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  9. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  10. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  11. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  14. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  15. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  16. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  17. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
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