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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. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  10. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  11. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  12. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  13. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  14. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  15. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  16. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  18. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
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