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Questions from West Calder High School
Pupils from West Calder High School in West Lothian put their questions to Alan.
  1. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  10. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  11. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  12. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  13. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  14. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  15. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  16. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  17. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  18. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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