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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. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  9. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  10. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  11. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  12. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  13. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  14. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  15. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  16. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  17. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
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