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Translating into Gaelic
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Catriona describes how her father translated The Gruffalo into Gaelic.
  1. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  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. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  9. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  10. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  13. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  14. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  17. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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