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

BP: You don't know

V: Yeah, I don't know

BP: Don't worry, don't worry, not everybody finds ft easy some people find it easy some
find it more difficult, OK...Do you think it's good fun

V: Fun

BP: Learning French, is it fun or is it, do you worry about it

V: Fun

BP: Fun, you like it

V: Yeah

BP: You find it difficult but you like it

V: Yeah, difficult I don't like, I, I like French, I like

BP: You like...but difficult

V: Yeah

BP: OK

Nicholas

BP: Tell me a little bit about it... what things you like or what you like best what you
don't like so much, anything you want to say really

N: I like sports

BP: French we're talking about... what do you like in French, in the French lesson

N: Doing about numbers and different sports XX and and xx sometimes when Γm doing
sheets

BP: You like doing sheets

N: Yes and listening to the tape

BP: You like listening to the tape

N: Yes and getting some of the things written down XX

BP: Why do you like listening to the tape why do you find that good

N: Well it's a bit funny sometimes and I like the music on it when it always ∞mes on
that's it really

BP: That's good and why do you like writing things down

N: Well, because if I get the spellings wrong I can ask Miss for help or you and I like
writing things, it's funny but I just like writing French

BP: That's good, it's good, it's good if you do like it, what about reading do you like
reading it

N: Yeah

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