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



D: Et Ie ski

BP: Mmh

BP: Tu aimes Ie basket

D: Tu aimes Ie basket, tu aimes Ie volley

BP: Well done, tell me the sorts Ofthings you find easy in French, what do you, what
can you do easily, what do you find difficult..speaking, listening, reading

D: On the tape it says some other French person I don't know

BP: Do you find it difficult listening to the tape

D: Yeah

BP: You prefer it if the teacher speaks do you

D: Yeah, on the tape it's more confusing

BP: What else do you like, or what else do you find difficult

D: Mmh

BP: What do you like best, best of all

D: XX natation

BP: And what about learning French what do you like best in the French lesson

D: Writing

BP: Really you like that best do you and what do you like least

D: Pardon

BP: What do you like least, what do you like not so much in the French lesson

D: On the tape when it says a sport and when it says the cycling then I don't know that
that's the hardest one

BP: Alright, do you think you're doing well

D: Yeah

BP: Yeah, yhat makes you think so

D: I don't know I just feel comfortable

BP: You’re happy with it...do your parents help you in the home with French

D: Yeah

BP: Who helps you

D: My mum

BP: What do you do

D: She tells me some French numbers and I say them to her

BP: Really, nice, do you speak any other languages, what do you speak at home,
English

D: English

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