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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. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  9. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  10. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  12. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  13. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  14. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  15. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  16. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  17. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
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