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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 West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  9. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  10. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  11. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  12. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  13. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  14. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  15. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  16. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
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