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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. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  10. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  11. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  12. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  13. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  14. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  15. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  16. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  17. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
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