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