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



E: When you have to tick the boxes that's quite easy and listen to the tape is quite easy
BP: And what's more difficult

E: When you have to like write a sentence or something that's quite difficult sometimes,
cause Miss...writes it on the board you have to keep l∞king up and like what's the next
letter does it have an accent over it and like so that part is quite difficult

BP: What else

E: I don't know really

BP: Do you put your hand up if you think you know an answer

E: Yeah but sometimes Γm not too sure so when Γm not too sure I don't but if I
definitely know then I do so

BP: What about other subjects do you put your hand up more

E: Yeah, she doesn't, Miss doesn't normally ask us like ask questions normally but
when ..she does, yes sometimes I do

BP: If you make a mistake do you mind

E: Not really

BP: No? If you make a mistake in maths or English do you mind then

E: No, you just, you just like and then in the maths like Miss marks it and then you have
to go back to the corrections and stuff and in English you have to like if you've done a
wrong word you'd have to put it out because you're doing it in xx you're not allowed xx
BP: Do you think you're good in French

E: Quite good probably not as good as I ∞uld be though

BP: Why do you say that

E: Sometimes I forget the words and that and it's a bit difficult sometimes

BP: What remembering them

E: Yeah, and remembering how to say them and pronouncing them

BP: Do you think it would help or you would find it easier if you had homework to help
you remember the words

E: I don't know really my mum would probably help me xx so it would make it a bit
easier, yeah it might make it a bit easier, we've had it before we had to colour in this
sheet and it said the French words in the colours in French and you had to do that its
the first thing in my French book actually it's the first thing we did on xx

BP: Do you like colouring in

E: Yeah but what annoys me is when your pencil goes xx I can't be bothered to go and
sharpen it

BP: You have to get somebody to sharpen for you

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