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



M: I just like the language it's quite hard my dad always says you have to Ieam
something hard

BP: What do you find hard in French

M: I think orange juice in French

BP: Is hard

M: I know how to say it but Γm not very good at spelling it's hard to say or write

BP: Which do you like best, speaking, listening, reading, writing

M: I think listening and writing

BP: Do you like speaking out in class

M: I don't mind...the teacher would say XX and pick someone else

BP: You don't mind

M: I do mind a little bit XX teacher might tell me of

BP: It's worth having a go isn't it you don't have to get everything right all the time

BP: Do you think French is good fun

M: Yeah

BP: Why do you say that

M: Because Γm not really sure actually

BP: What makes it fun

M: The tape

BP: You like listening to the tape

M: Writing down that's quite fun, try and get it right, tests your hearing skills as well
then if you get it wrong do it all over again

BP: Do you speak any other languages

M: Swaheli, Gujerati and I know a little bit, bit of Korean, Hindi

BP: What do you speak at home

M: Gujerati and English...with my grandma she doesn't know any English

BP: How come you know all these languages

M: Because I've been to Kenya and in two weeks I learned as much as I could and I
got some books at home

BP: Do you like learning languages

M: I know about 6 or 7 ... German my brother does that at Nower Hill, I think I'll have to
do that at Nower Hill

BP: Anything else you can think of

M: Not really

BP: No, we'll stop it here then

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