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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. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  10. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  11. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  14. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  15. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  16. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  17. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
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