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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