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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. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  9. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  10. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  11. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  12. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  13. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  14. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  15. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  16. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  17. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
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