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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 Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  9. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  10. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  11. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  12. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  13. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  14. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  15. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  16. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  17. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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