A Critical Examination of the Beliefs about Learning a Foreign Language at Primary School



6.5.11 Finding Out about French-speaking People
and Countries where French is Spoken                   336

6.5.12 Learning French at Secondary School                    337

6.5.13 LanguageChoice                                   339

6.6   Individual Children's Profiles                                        340

6.7   Summary and Discussion of the Findings from both Schools 348

6.7.1 Linguistic Considerations                                   348

6.7.2 Self-concepts and Finding French 'Easy'                   352

6.7.3 General Learning Difficulties                                 352

6.7.4 Natural Characteristics                                     353

6.7.5 Affective Considerations                                    355

6.7.6 Enthusiasm Amongst Children in Year Seven Learning
French at Secondary School                           356

CONCLUSION                                         359

APPENDICES                                         365

Appendix A Lesson Observations - School One                      366

Appendix B Semi-structured Interviews                                373

Appendix C Tape-recordings in School One                          374

Appendix D Lesson Observations - School Two                      418

Appendix E Learning French - Questionnaire                          435

Appendix F Findings from Questionnaire School Two                  437

Appendix G Comments from Year 7 Children with no previous French 461

Appendix H Comments from Year 7 Children with some French         462

BIBLIOGRAPHY                                         463

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