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



D: That's quite easy

BP: That's easy is it

D: Yes

BP: And listening to Miss

D: Miss, yes that's quite easy as well

BP: Good...so it's good fun really is it

D: Yes

BP: Do you speak any other languages Deborah

D: Yes, Korean

BP: What do you speak at home

D: I speak English

BP: Do your parents help you with the French

D: My dad's in America, my mum's still in Korea and Γm staying with my auntie now

BP: Does she help you with the French a little bit

D: No she does not know how to speak French

BP: Not to worry my parents don't know, we'll have to learn ourselves won't we

BP: Do you think you're doing well in French

D: Yes

BP: What makes you say that

D: I don't really know

BP: But you feel good about it, you want to carry with it

D: Yes

BP: Would you like to learn any other languages

D: Yes

BP: Which one

D: German

BP: You Ieam that when you get to High School

D: My mum already knows Germany

BP: Does she

D: Yes

BP: So she ∞uld help you

D: XX book

BP: So she knows quite a lot

D: Yes

BP: So she can help you when you start learning that

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