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

BP: What about speaking it

T: I liked it a bit because I can only do a bit when I XX

BP: What about reading in French

T: Well, I did like it and I didn't, half and half

BP: Which half did you like

T: Mostly I didn't like it

BP: What about listening to a tape

T: It's a bit hard because when it went fast you couldn't hear it and all

BP: What about writing

T: It's alright I quite like that cause XX French

BP: Do you like it all in all French...

T: Yeah

BP: Yes or yes yes yes

T: Yes yes yes

BP: Or is it Ok

T: OK

BP: It's OK. What's really good fun...what's the best, the best bit the absolute top

T: When we were playing that game when you had to write on the board and you

BP: You liked that did you...we had like two teams didn't we, competing

T: And XX

BP: Yes cause we had two groups didn't we

T: Two points in one and three for Ie natation

BP: For the difficult ones if you got it right first time

T: I got three

BP: May be we should play more games then if you like those, what about putting your
hand up, do you do that a lot

T: Yeah, I do now, I used to be, I used to do it sometimes but now I'm xx more

BP: You do more...why do you think that is

T: Cause Γm getting older and older and it's carrrying on and carrying on

BP: You feel more confident don't you, you feel more sure that you know. What if you
make a mistake do you mind

T: Not that much, cause like I could just get an eraser and erase it out

BP: What if you make one in speaking

T: I might just go...and start again

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