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

N: Yes IXX it because Miss asks us to put our hands up but I'll only do it if I ^,m really
sure and I know I won't get it wrong

BP: So you do mind if you make a mistake

N: Mmh

BP: What's good fun, what's really good fun in the French class

N: I like it when Miss speaks French

BP: You like listening to her do you

N: It's nice when people come round and they hear us speaking in French and different
languages

BP: You like the French language do you

N: Mmh

BP: Do you want to carry on next year

N: Mmh

BP: Do you speak any other languages

N: My dad's Italian so I speak a little bit of Italian and I speak English

BP: What do you speak at home

N: English cause my dad's at work

BP: Say something in Italian to me

N: I can't really speak it that much

BP: Something, a little bit

N: Come stai

BP: What do I say... Stoi

N: Stoi bene that's Γm OK

BP: How are you, Γm OK, stoi bene really nice...tell me something else, tell me
something you really really like...do you like speaking or do you like listening to the
tape, what about worksheets

N: Yeah, I like them

BP: What about working in pairs or in a group

N: Yeah, when we done the sports I liked it because we had to ask each other
questions what sports we liked and everything and I like it when we do things in our
French book

BP: You like that as well do you...and what do you not like so much

N: I don't know, I don't like reading in French that much

BP: Why's that

N: Just don't like it

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