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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. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  10. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  11. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  12. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  13. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  14. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  15. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
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