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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. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  10. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  11. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  12. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  13. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  14. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  15. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  16. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  17. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  18. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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