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



BP: You find it difficult do you

G: Yeah, sometimes

BP: Which bits do you find most difficult

G: When the tape's on cause it talks a little bit too fast

BP: A lot of people find that difficult...so you find the tape a bit difficult, what else do
you find difficult

G: When sometimes the teacher asks questions and like we don't know what it means
BP: In French

G: Yeah

BP: Do you prefer it when she explains in English

G: Yeah

BP: It's a bit easier isn' it

G: Yeah

BP: What about worksheets do you like those

G: Yeah

BP: Yeah, are they good fun

G: Yeah and games

BP: What about working in pairs or in groups

G: That's alright yeah

BP: Do you prefer that or do you rather work on your own

G: In groups

BP: You prefer that, why do you like that better

G: Like, like and then you can help each other and making it XX

BP: XX find that a bit difficult

G: In front of everybody

BP: Mmh

G: I find that a bit difficult

BP: Do you mind making a mistake then do you

G: Sometimes

BP: I do as well, some people don't mind, some people mind. When you think you
know something do you put your hand up or

G: Yeah, we put our hand up when we know something like when she asks us what's
this and then out of the drinks we don’t like xx cafe xx ∞ca

BP: So you're happy with most of it are you

G: Yeah

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