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



M: I'm really happy learning French, I think it's really fun

BP: Right, well done

Laura

BP: Tell me something you really like about French, learning French

L: Doing the drinks and things like kind of order and when we do dπnks and sports and
things I like writing them down a lot, Γm not sure what I like sometimes

BP: What do you find easy

L: XX is writing them down

BP: You find that easy do you writing... what do you find more difficult

L: If you have to listening to a tape going on and on and on

BP: What about when Miss speaks French do you find that easy

L: Yeah

BP: But the tape is more difficult is it

L: Yeah, they speak to you really fast and I can't make out what they're saying at all

BP: What's good fun in the French lesson

L: You get to do colouring sheets and things and get to do writing sheets

BP: You like those do you

L: Yeah XX

BP: What about working in a group or with with somebody else

L: I don't really like working in a group because they always tell you what to do and I
don't like it if they tell me what to do

BP: You prefer to do your own thing do you

L: Yeah cause they always tell you what to do and it gets annoying

BP: What about speaking up in front of the class do you mind speaking in French

L: Not really, it depends what I have to say, in other words it's OK

BP: Do you put your hand up a lot

L: Yeah

BP: Only if you're sure or do you take a risk anyhow

L: I usually just take a think and then I just put my hand up and if I put my hand up like
Γm desperate to put my hand up and I really know the answer and I ke to get chosen
BP: And if you make a mistake do you mind

L: No XX

BP: Are you happy in French, in the French lesson

L: It depends what kind. If it's like hard French I don' t mind, if it's like XX

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