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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 World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  9. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  10. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  11. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  12. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  13. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  14. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  15. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  16. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  17. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
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